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'These days, if you have to ask, you can't afford ANYTHING.'

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

"Actually, I used them as collateral for a loan."

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Chicken - "The Dow is falling...the dow is falling..."

'For the economy to improve we're counting on a 'trickle down' from the super-wealthy to the wealthy.'

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"We're making progress."

'I suppose if we had some money we could buy sand from each other.'

The average taxpayer will ultimately embrace the auto industry bailout. Hell, we sold em all that useless undercoating for all these years!

Banker stepping into 'New image' in 'Savings and Loans' office

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"Harold finds painting very therapeutic."

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"I see a vague figure of someone groping...groping...groping..Yes, yes, it's coming in more clearly now! It seems to be—yes, it is a man! The man has a briefcase! And some papers! The man is an economist!"

"...Or we could give to the rich, and it would just trickle down to the poor."

"The president wants me to stay on as unemployed."

My lemonade stand went belly-up. I need a bail-out.

"We're trying to put the fun back into filing taxes."

"With expenses like ingredients, supplies, marketing, packaging, handling and payment processing, a cup of lemonade costs $50."

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

"I see you getting rich because of what the gold in your rings is now bringing."

'And for those of you with weird brains, here is the financial news...'

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Cave Men - Early Business Failures.

Stocks were up today on news that most of us have no @#%^ clue why stocks go up or down.

Akme National Bank: Our Assets Can Whip Your Assets.

'My dad showed me how to make awesome paper airplanes out of corporate bonds.'

'Government economists said today's stock market drop was due to 'normal gravitational forces'.'

"This conversation is between you and me, and possibly Doug Ford from Grifftech Industries, with whom we share an air vent."

'Today, a downturn in 'social conscience' stocks on news that 'nice guys finish last'.'

"We steal gold from the rich and sell it to a metals broker. They make a prfit on their buy and sell spread and share a portion of that with us. Then, after the skimming and the rebates, we give to the poor."

'The dollar and I seem to be weakening at the same rate!'

'Thank you for participating in the 'Redistribution of Wealth' movement.'

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