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Bushinomics 

The US economic practice of encouraging large US banks and corporations who lobby US politicians to exploit the wealth and recourses of this planet. The practice of tax breaks and government bailouts have been used to facilitate Bushinomics. The term has also been known as "The last great transfer of wealth from the citizenry to Corporate America and Wall Street."
First rule of Bushinomics is to create inflation by increasing the supply of money, and then use increased supply of money to transfer wealth.
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Bushanomics 

The ability to crash an economy in a very short period of time.
George: "I think i`ll start a useless war in Iraq!"
Person: "Good thinking George, our economy is in too good of condition"
Background person: "That perfect Bushanomics!"
Bushanomics by nOmega November 12, 2009
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Bushonomics 

1/ Negative debt financing which increases the US government's budget deficits and national debt.
2/ Pernicious economics practiced by President George Herbert Walker Bush and continued by President George W. Bush.
3/ Spending more than you have
(Attributed to Al Martin of AlMartinRaw.com)
I don't know if this nation will ever get out of the budgetary black hole that Bushonomics has created.
Bushonomics by Virtual Agency September 10, 2005

bushonomics 

A vague term used to equivocate George Bush (both of them) with the current economic status of the USA; A term usually applied in the pejorative sense, although if one asks the user what he/she means by the term he/she will generally give a vague response, such as "You know, how Bush messed up the economy. It's all his fault and the Republicans, too." A term used by idiots in an effort to sound trendy, intelligent and/or informed about politics and/or economics.
Idiot: That's Bushonomics right there! I would never buy a house in this economy.
Intelligent Person: But the price of houses has dropped so low that now is the perfect time to buy if you have good credit and some savings.
Idiot: Well, it's Bushonomics that my credit's all jacked up. It's all the Republicans' fault.
bushonomics by Not A. Sheep March 1, 2009

sushinomics 

An approach to economy, personal or world-wide, that compares prices and value to the cost of one's favorite sushi. For instance, movie admission is usually a two-sushi price; popcorn and soda often a three-sushi price. One can decide on whether a movie with popcorn and soda is worth an entire sushi dinner.
According to the first law of sushinomics, that dress is not worth the unagi it costs.
sushinomics by Batdarl March 11, 2009
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