The Economic Policy Rainbow (Republican Edition)

June 8th, 2011 Barry Deutsch Posted in Economic cartoons | Comments Off

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Panel 1 Angry middle-management white man: Government has gotten too damn big. That’s why I want to cut taxes. Panel 2 Anxious-looking white man: Unemployment is going down! That could create inflationary pressure! And the cure is tax cuts. Panel 3 Preppy looking white guy: The Federal deficit is unsustainable! That’s why I support major tax cuts! White guy with mohawk: Wouldn’t tax cuts make the deficit bigger? Preppy guy again: Math has a liberal bias. Panel 4 Wide-eyed white woman: People with incomes above a quarter million face too great a burden! It’s inhuman! We must lower income taxes! (We can pay for it by defunding Medicaid.) Panel 5 Grinning white man in suit: Unemployment is high! If we slash taxes, then unemployment will definitely go down to 3%. Like it did under George Bush! Panel 6 Yelling white man in disco suit: Fashion has inexplicably changed since my youth! We need tax cuts! CAPTION UNDER WHOLE CARTOON: The Economic Policy Rainbow (Republican Edition)