Socioeconomics Buff Pillows

'Damn you people! Don't you realize that life is hard! There is no free lunch! Entitlements and health care are expensive!'

Spot the difference.

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

Loan Alley

U.S. Foreign Policy

'Don't bother cleaning out your desk. We'll be hiring you back as a consultant for half the salary and no benefits.'

'Everything is illusory? -- Even reality shows?'

"They've made these fund prospectuses much easier to read." Brochure states; 'Give us all your money and get lost."

Dow Jones drop

'Seesh...I'm really tired of how men are always depicted as clueless dolts!!...I didn't say it's inaccurate, just that I'm tired of seeing it...'

'Stand back! All he needs is an injection of long-term capital.'

'According to our fact finding committee, our stock won't be worth a dime this quarter.'

'All those in favor of requesting a government bailout, say 'Karl Marx'.'

Is man a social animal? - 'As a married man, the short answer is no.'

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."

Sales Chart: Boomerangs LTD

A man is selling, 'Cameron voodoo dolls', outside of job centre.

There will be no economics report...our economics reporter got caught in the tech carnage...

"And, of course, this is when all our loose change fell out of our pockets."

"The minimum wage is being upgraded, so how about the minimum allowance?"

Take me to your leader. . .

"Oh, just the usual here, occupying Wall Street."

"When we said we'd build 'affordable' homes we had a particular buyer in mind."

The Euro.

"Come in, minion."

Shares Nosedive

'You wouldn't threaten your bank manager...er...maybe...'

Who blames who in health Insurance problems

Trump and President Xi

'We've completed the spending review and there won't be any.'

Tea Party and the US economy

"60 Fortune 500 companies paid no federal taxes last year. . . meanwhile, thanks to a lack of funding, I no longer get dessert in my meals on wheels."