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Funny story: President Personally Responsible for Budget Deficits

President Personally Responsible for Budget Deficits

Washington DC, April 15 2009: The Democratic controlled 111th Congress passed a Constitutional amendment today making the president personally responsible for any budget deficits.

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Funny story: PM is in the Brown again

PM is in the Brown again

Gordon Brown today stunned the UK with an announcement to increase the number of public sector jobs to 65 million before 2015. The move to ease unemployment concerns will come at the expense to the taxpayer.

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Funny story: Minority Report-Czech's and Balance's or Bohunk Unbalanced, You Decide!

Minority Report-Czech's and Balance's or Bohunk Unbalanced, You Decide!

One lone Bohemian in Nebraska (wherever that is, sounds like he made it up) has filed suit against the U.S. government for lack of discrimination bias, claiming that 'bohunk' should be an officially recognized minority, thereby granting him a...

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Funny story: RepoMan, New American Idol!

RepoMan, New American Idol!

In an amazing development on hit show, American Idol, all leading contestants were rejected in favor of an astounding call in campaign for RepoMan.

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Funny story: Obama has a plan for America's economy!

Obama has a plan for America's economy!

Washington D.C. - Senator Barack Obama today announced his plan for the poor American economic condition.

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Funny story: US to Peg Dollar to Rat's Ass

US to Peg Dollar to Rat's Ass

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says "We were looking for a new stable pre-set intertemporally constant fixed asset to peg the greenback against, and the rat's ass was it".

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Funny story: Record Home Foreclosures in the U.S. Good for Those Already Homeless

Record Home Foreclosures in the U.S. Good for Those Already Homeless

The Housing downturn in the United States might last into 2010-2013, some experts say.

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Funny story: Oil speculators finally succeed in severing Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand". Oil now too expensive to pump out of the ground -- Chicken Little was right: The Sky is Falling!

Oil speculators finally succeed in severing Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand". Oil now too expensive to pump out of the ground -- Chicken Little was right: The Sky is Falling!

New York, New York - Oil commodity speculators were a little too successful today, as they finally pushed the price of crude oil futures to an all-time high and beyond the trading point of no return. Meaning that the precious black gold is now so exp...

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Funny story: 'I Can Take Take All Your Savings', Says Brown

'I Can Take Take All Your Savings', Says Brown

Prime Minister, Gordon Scrooge, claimed today that he could 'take all your savings, and put them in my Lloyds TSB account', causing no surpise to City analysts, and a passing cat.

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Funny story: UK Inflation Set To Devastate Britain

UK Inflation Set To Devastate Britain

In a blatant attempt at trying to make something out of a non-event, British newspapers today suggested that an inflation rate of 2% was an unbelievably dangerous and devastating threat.

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Funny story: Secret Memo: US Economy in Dire Straits

Secret Memo: US Economy in Dire Straits

Wary consumers nearly barfed yesterday, when the mainstream media reported that an uptick in the DOW was the result of investor optimism, resulting from reports of increased earnings from WalMart and Costco.

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Funny story: Bank Targets Thrifty Savers

Bank Targets Thrifty Savers

Fifth State Bank, NA, will promote increased business by offering a mortgage contract to any customer who opens a new savings account with USD $1,500 or a current customer who adds $1,000 to an existing account. To reward thrifty habits, the bank wi...

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Funny story: Bush Announces Plan to Pay Off US Debt

Bush Announces Plan to Pay Off US Debt

American President George W. Bush today announced what he calls a "Comprehensive Plan" to pay off the nine trillion dollar US debt. Mr. Bush's plan relies on key funding in the amount of 9 trillion dollars which he says is being provided by a weal...

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Funny story: Obama and Clinton Clash Over Proposed Summer Gay Tax Holiday

Obama and Clinton Clash Over Proposed Summer Gay Tax Holiday

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama clashed again today on the increasingly divisive issue of a proposed summer Gay Tax holiday. Clinton backs the measure as a socially responsible way to help the economy, while Obama a...

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Funny story: Bush invokes God, sprinkles holy water on journalists who say 'recession'

Bush invokes God, sprinkles holy water on journalists who say 'recession'

With consumer confidence slipping and gasoline prices soaring, President Bush delivered an unusually dark assessment of the economy at yesterday's Rose Garden press conference, saying the nation was in "very difficult times, very di...

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Funny story: Freedom Fiscal Freefall is Good for America, says Bush

Freedom Fiscal Freefall is Good for America, says Bush

Washington, DC - "America is not heading for a new Republican Great Depression," said George W Bush today, "We are flying into a glorious Freedom Fiscal Freefall."...

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Funny story: McCain Says He Would Have Responded Differently to the Crash of 1929

McCain Says He Would Have Responded Differently to the Crash of 1929

Senator John McCain took direct aim at previous administrations on Thursday as he stood in the lower gallery of Wall Street Stock Exchange, the area hardest hit by the Crash of 1929, and declared that "never again will a disaster of this...

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