Whimsical Economics Enthusiasts Pillows

'Sorry, lad, but I lost all me gold during the recession. All I can give ya is a buck thirty in change!'

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

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'This financial report is frightening. Who wrote it, Stephen King?"

"While we're on the subject of earnings, does anyone have a clever metaphor using the word, 'toilet'?"

"The Gross National Product and the Gross Domestic Product are doing okay. It's the Gross Domestic Mojo that's going down the toilet."

National Living Wage from April 1st.

"Consumer confidence remains high as long as we keep them distracted buying stuff."

"Your stork analyst is here, sir."

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

How Trickle Down Economics Work

First United Church of Outrageously Overlimited Credit Card Holders

'Nonsense, Harry, it's my treat. I'm filing for bankruptcy tomorrow.'

Beware of stimulus plans.

'Honey, the long-run is here!'

"I'm gonna ride it out!"

"I'm not concerned about us as long as there is nothing in the stimulus package for cats."

Old woman knocks down man because she didn't have enough gas to go around him.

Tax Cuts Water the Economy.

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us and, even if it was, I doubt either of us could afford to buy a place here given the current sellers' market."

'The increased child tax credit is supposed to stimulate the economy...so how about a raise in my allowance?'

Masochism for stockholders.

'I see you meeting a man who can borrow at well below prime.'

Today's Banking Industry: "We're too big to regulate!"

'He's known for his pessimistic prognostications on the stock market.'

Adam Smith

'I believe in Santa Claus, and I believe in the guaranteed annual 10% return.'

'I hope we don't start getting competition from redundant bankers homes.'

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

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

Megacorp HQ. He just found out about trickle-down economics, and he's trying to figure out to plug the leak.

'Old money meet new credit card debt.'