SPARE a thought — or perhaps some change — for Clive Palmer.

His political career is hitting the skids and last month his Queensland Nickel business slumped into administration, leaving 237 workers jobless and unable to access their workers’ entitlements.

So what is one of Australia’s wealthiest men to do during such tough times? Remind everyone how rich and powerful you are by counting your cash in Parliament.

Question Time viewers would have caught a glimpse of the Palmer United Party leader yesterday counting his dollar notes as he sat in the House of Representatives.

It was bad timing for the member for Fairfax, who is under pressure to come up with the millions of dollars needed to rescue his failing nickel refinery — which was a major donor of his Palmer United Party.

Was it a shameless show of wealth by Mr Palmer? Or was his fistful of small notes a sign he really has fallen on hard times?

Whatever your take on it, it was definitely a bizarre scene for Parliament — and one that was ripe for mocking by Reddit jokesters.

The photograph was submitted for one of Reddit’s infamous Photoshop battles, and the internet’s wittiest and most creative artists relished in the opportunity to work their magic.

Here are some of our favourites.