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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:57 PM Jul 2012

"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job"

"A depression is when YOU lose your job"

"A recovery is when the business you work for receives a tax subsidy, outsources both of your jobs to India, and then parks the profits in an offshore account"

"I'm Mitt Romney and I approved this message"

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