Uncle Sam Drawn Apart By China Debt And US Spending Political cartoon and Top 10 Signs of American Economic Strain jokes

“The US economy is strained between its desire for cheap goods at low prices, and its inability to lay its hands off the damned Twinkies.” — Yasha Harari
“Top 10 Signs of American Economic Strain jokes”
10. You can tell how strained the American economy is by the size of the average car engine, and the number of credit cards in the average wallet.
9. Experts agree, the surest sign that the American economy is strained is by the number of new housing starts, and the average door frame width.
8. The American economic strains are being felt hardest by the poor, underemployed, urban, Chinese child laborers.
7. If things keep going the way they are, soon the American economic strain will even be obvious to President Obama.
6. One sign that the American economic strain is real, is by the soaring number of FOX News Channel viewers.
5. Would the American economic strain be any easier to bear, if there were no amazing product informercials on late night television? 
4. Online communications experts have tested an algorithm that shows the state of the American Economic Strains by a chart of relevant emoticons.
3. A sign of American economic strain is when you hear about Jimmy Carter in the news.
2. One sign that the American economic strain is bad, is all the poor people jumping over every obstacle to find work South of the border.
… and the #1 Signs of American Economic Strain joke is:
1. The American economic strain was caused by mass consumerism being mismatched to horrible fiscal responsibility, namely, paying for countless dictators around the world to maintain the status quo for decades.
Reference: Yasha Harari for TheDailyDose.com