What SHALL we do?????

WALL STREET CEO: Hi, honey, I'm at the office and I've got horrible news.

CEO WIFE: Oh, my gosh. Is Obama cutting back on the bailout?

CEO: It's worse than that. He's ordering pay cuts for Wall Street bosses whose companies get handouts.

WIFE: Is that even legal?

CEO: I think so, and I'm afraid we're going to have to tighten our belts.

WIFE: What kind of a pay cut are you talking about?

CEO: Brace yourself. It's $500,000.

WIFE: Well, that's harsh, and Obama must not have any idea how hard you work. But I think we can get by on $10.5 million a year.

CEO: No, you don't get it. My pay would be $500,000. That's it. Honey?
Honey, are you there?

WIFE: Yes, I'm here. I'm breathing into a paper sack.

CEO: Should I call 911?

WIFE: I'm fine. I think. The cash bonuses?

CEO: Gone.

WIFE: The stock awards?

CEO: No longer.

WIFE: Does Barack Obama have any idea what it costs to live in Greenwich ? He doesn't have to take it out on us just because half his nominees for White House jobs turned out to be tax cheats.

CEO: You're preaching to the choir.

WIFE: I want to make one thing clear: I am not giving up the house in the Hamptons .

CEO: We either give up the Hamptons or we give up Monkey Business. People with middle-class salaries don't own 450-foot yachts in Palm Beach .

WIFE: I can't believe you said those two words.

CEO: Monkey Business?

WIFE: No, middle class.

CEO: I'm sorry.

WIFE: The masseuse? The personal trainer? The driver?

CEO: Honey, it's tough all around.

WIFE: This isn't just cruel, it's bad economics. Do they realize how many people we employ?

CEO: That's another thing. We can't justify six full-time landscapers.

WIFE: Do you expect me to mow 22 acres of lawn?

CEO: At the very least, we may have to switch to illegal immigrants.

WIFE: Honey, they ARE illegal immigrants.

CEO: Speaking of which ....

WIFE: Don't even think of it.

CEO: Two housekeepers, a cook and three nannies? I mean, the kids are grown and gone. I know the art collection thing is exhausting, honey, but it's not like you've got a job. If we're going to be forced to survive on a half-million a year, we're going to have to make sacrifices.

WIFE: Couldn't we just cut health benefits for the entire domestic staff?

CEO: We don't pay any benefits.

WIFE: Oh my, this is a nightmare. It's, oh, oh ...

CEO: Honey? Are you there?

WIFE: I'm breathing into the bag. What am I supposed to tell friends?

CEO: Tell them what I said all along: This wouldn't be happening if John McCain had picked Mitt Romney.