Legend Paulson is a ringer for Skinner

    

HENRY MERRITT PAULSON is sure to wake up with one hell of a headache this morning as he contemplates how on Earth he's going to rescue capitalism from the demons of debt, spivvery and socialism.

He can do worse than turn to his alter ego Walter Sergei Skinner, FBI assistant director in The X-Files and boss of Mulder and Scully. All he needs to do is keep muttering Spooky's mantra "I want to believe" over and over again.

But sadly for Hank, unlike Agent Skinner, he'll be unable to work off his frustrations by banging Gillian Anderson; all he's got to look at is Condoleezza Rice and Nancy Pelosi. And maybe Sarah Palin in the nip!

• The X-Files
• US Treasury