"Oh, as long as he needs you, Santa's a great guy. But once things slow down and he wants a little vacation time with Mrs. C., it's 'goodbye North Pole, hello crappy temp job!'"
Festive Economy Observer Prints
Decorate their space with festive prints that cleverly nod to the economy observer interests. Ideal for the home office or living room, these prints make a witty holiday statement.
GAS PRICES AT PUMP
'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'
'Ho,ho,ho, but can you be more specific?'
'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'
I was thinking about the implications of your brave effort last week to unionize. I didn't really. I was role-playing. Whatever. Do you realize the demise of unions has coincided with a massive decline in the middle class? What? I'm helping chickens cross a road on my iPhone. I'm taking about the income gap! Talkin' 'Bout the Income Gap is sponsored by: The makers of signs, placards, and other protest equipment.
"It's Dr. Sadie. Go ahead, caller." "Yeah, how come you haven't said 'Merry Christmas' yet?" "Oh, that’s because I was hoping to provoke everyone who’s upset about the so-called 'war on Christmas' to spend all their time on hold waiting to castigate me. That way, all the normal people who don’t think Christmas is just another chance to play the victim can open their gifts in peace." "You're welcome, America." "Why haven't you played 'Jingle Bells' yet?"
'Stocks dropped on the news that governments can fool some people come of the time,but not all the people all of the time.'
"You really clean up on these mileage deductions, don't you."
"Victims of out-sorcery."
'All right, gentlemen, this is the current picture of our growth industry!'
Help! Have to pay back a big world bank loan.
"Business is so bad even my hotcakes aren't selling like hotcakes."
'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'
"Just as I feared. Tariffs."
'In the economy, money is the lure.'
' Oh no! I'm being repossessed! '
Supermarket Merge
'Get out there and keep your job!'
Euro against the Dollar.
'Why don't you start a small business with a loan from a bank?'
Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?
Exchange Rate.
V-O Day
"He downgraded Apple."
'Due to budget cuts we are having to take on more temporary staff.'
Stock Market Roller-coaster.
'Oh, just sitting around, waiting for the next computer generated trading bubble to burst, sending the market into death spiral.'
Business isn't booming.
"Fellow M.B.A. graduates of the Class of '91—hey, what can I say?"
"Our sales have slumped so much, we now have a couch for them."
"Isn't it comforting that even in our fast-moving times there are still things that remain as they were?"
'George, are you responsible for chopping down this here World Economy?'
Stan believes in calling a spade a spade.
"It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your 401k is?"
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