Rescue 9-9-9
The title of this cartoon references Herman Cain’s rich-friendly tax “plan,” and Rescue 9-1-1, a popular reality show from the ’80s and ’90s which was about actual emergency response telephone calls, and was hosted by William Shatner.
I started developing a cartoon months ago which compared record corporate profits and windfalls for the wealthy at the expense of everyone else to the common cliche of a sinking ship. Even though the overall metaphor wasn’t especially original, it hinged on a gag which was pretty unique, but it didn’t quite seem to describe the present situation accurately, so I set it aside and finally drew this, instead.
Tags: 9-1-1, 9-9-9, arson, baby, burning building, cigar, crane, Economy, emergency, fire, fire truck, flames, Herman Cain, ladder, middle class, money, Mr. C.E.O., Occupy Wall Street, poor, puff, recession, Rescue 9-1-1, rich, tax, tax cut, tax cuts, taxes, Wall Street, wealthy, William Shatner
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One Response to “Rescue 9-9-9”
Brutally honest. Nice job.
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