Financial Industry Critics Gifts

Tragically Moses didn't see the eleventh commandment

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

Standard & Poor

"You never actually own a pension pot - you merely look after it for the next government."

Trickledown economics

"Get someone to make the slot bigger."

World Financial Mafia

It's the same ingredients and aftertaste as stimulus 1..."

'If you had more criminal potential, you'd get a bonus like all the other investment bankers!'

"You want to withdraw your money? There's a fee for that."

Bank Robbery Statistics

"We can't all work for Goldman Sachs."

'We're sorry. Yesterday's report on the tax system being replaced by voluntary contributions was traced to a practical joker.'

Mismanagement at the Bank of England

"Workers have obligation to limit their economic demands to make the USA more competitive!"

Why Can't We Make Money From Our Mistakes Like Equifax?

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF, 'It's official, sir - EVERYBODY'S overdrawn!'

'You're a bad credit risk so, yes, of course you can have some money.'

"If you hold it up to your ear you can hear the sloshing sound of trillions of dollars worth of unsecured debt."

'Let me get this straight, Reverend. You would now like to diversify the Church's 'No Sin' endowment to include some 'Greed'?'

You're suffering from the current capital scheme in this country. Me? You and other small business people work your tail off. But the hedge fund managers make billions adding nothing to the economy

So, you'd like a battery of unnecessary tests that aren't covered by insurance .. Are you sure about this? Doctor-Assisted Financial Suicide.

Imagine the mess the world woudl be in if we didn't have the best executives money can buy running it.

Done With You

Banks or Loansharks?

'We're worried about your ability to lend us money.'

"I'd heard banks were reluctant to give businesses money - but I didn't think it was this bad..."

'My investment advice is to relax, stop and smell the roses, dig up the roses, bury a million dollars beneath the roses.'

'I can remember when banks competed for customers...Now its shareholders.'

Just doing my bit towards breaking up the banks...

Cyber 9/11

Statue of Liberty Burns Money As Flame

"Wait, sir. It's a new banking regulation -- You can't leave without depositing something."

'City workers to retrain as teachers.'

Bank loans.