Economy Jokes / Recent Jokes

The current stimulus package before Congress contains tax breaks for purchasing a home and buying a new car. So I plan to get a double tax break by buying a new Chevy van and living in it.

I have been hit hard by the recession and I am broke. I am so broke that I have broken into my emergency kit and am living off the coffee grinds and canned food. The entire time I am thinking, “Wow, thank God for PTSD, Crazy Uncle Ronnie, and tales of Vietnamese jungle survival.”

This guy is walking with his friend, who happens to be a psychologist. He says to this friend, "I'm a walking economy." The friend asks, "How so?" "My hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and both of these together are putting me into a deep depression!"

A new study finds that Krispy Kreme, Perkins, and Sbarro are some of the most vulnerable restaurant chains to hit bankruptcy. The government could easily save them all, either with a bailout or simply by legalizing pot.
*This joke was also submitted to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Due to the slumping economy, Six Flags is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Ironically, when they get to bankruptcy court, they'll have to wait in a line a mile long for two hours only to realize later that this ride really sucks.

*This joke was also submitted to Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon.

At the heart of the current economic and social unrest is the discrepancy between the haves and the have mores.

This guy is walking with his friend, who happens to be a psychologist. He says to this friend, "I'm a walking economy." The friend asks, "How so?" "My hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and both of these together are putting me into a deep depression!