I shared a cartoon last Halloween that made fun of those who support class-warfare tax policy.


Now we have a related cartoon, featuring a stop at the White House.

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The next two cartoons are almost identical. We’ll start with this one from Michael Ramirez.

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Ramirez is one of my favorite cartoonists, incidentally, and you can see more of his work here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.


Here’s a Gary Varvel cartoon with the exact same message.

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Instead of great minds thinking alike, this is a case of great cartoonists thinking alike. Though they probably have great minds as well.


But I don’t want to make too many fawning comments since I would modify both of these cartoons so that the kids were looking at papers that said “Medicare” and “Social Security” instead of “debt.”


It’s always important to focus first and foremost on the disease of spending, after all, and not the symptom of red ink.


Last but not least, I can’t resist linking to this comedian’s video, which includes some very good economic insights about work incentives.


Sort of like this Wizard of Id parody featuring Obama.