economic downturn quotes

Unfortunately, in a recession, the people who suffer the most aren’t the rich, but the wanna-be rich and the poor.

In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back.

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we’re in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we’ve got to do something about the unemployed.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.

No one saw the recession coming.