Posts tagged "Economy"

Garbage Bailout

Sunday, July 28, 2024

A guy in a MAGA T-shirt complains about the economy while dumping the contents of his wallet into a garbage can held by Donald Trump and labeled "bail fund."

I hope people don’t read this as a celebration or defense of the economy under Joe Biden so much as how it’s intended: as an attack on poor, white trash and demented geezers who complain about that economy while sending all their welfare and Social Security checks to Donald Trump.

Romney/Ryan ‘Rithmetic

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Romney/Ryan 'Rithmetic

The main topic of this cartoon is the vague budget proposed by the Romney/Ryan campaign, which includes cutting taxes in a manner that disproportionately favors the wealthy, and further ballooning defense spending to even more comically-enormous levels.

Mitt Romney Blows

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Mitt Romney Blows

Mitt evidently doesn’t understand how fire works, which I guess puts him somewhere beyond most cavemen but well behind the average Medieval alchemist in terms of scientific knowledge…

The Romney Platform

Friday, June 29, 2012

The Romney Platform

I was recently reading that Mitt Romney’s candidacy for President depends on the continued stagnation and deepening failure of the US and European economies. This is typical of elections with an incumbent, as the election often serves as a referendum on that incumbent’s record…

Grand Wizardry

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Grand Wizardry

I had a lot of fun with the details in this one. Longtime readers with good eyes may recognize the crystal ball (or palantir, for you Tolkien enthusiasts) from this cartoon in the upper-lefthand corner. The flat Earth globe in the corner opposite could be taken to relate to Thomas Friedman’s “World is Flat” economic ideology

Tax Cut & Paste

Friday, December 9, 2011

Tax Cut & Paste

Like this piece, this cartoon compares the “job creators” argument made by Conservative candidates and pundits to activities commonly associated with organized crime…

Rescue 9-9-9

Friday, October 28, 2011

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…

God-Man: Year Two Thousand Eleven

Saturday, August 20, 2011

God-Man: Year Two Thousand Eleven

The Governor appears to be far more devoted to his religion than W. (except for the positive parts, of course), but I didn’t want to just slam Christianity in general, so after considering a gag that had Perry leaving tons of messages on God’s answering machine, I finally went ahead with a reference to Batman…

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