How City Budgets Work
January 19th, 2022 Barry Posted in Economic cartoons | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows a different scene.
PANEL 1
A woman talking on the phone, looking a little panicked. Beside her, a wide-eyed child watches, looking very worried. Above them both is a large caption.
CAPTION: HOW CITY BUDGETS WORK
WOMAN: A six year waiting list? But we’re homeless now!
PANEL 2
In a classroom crowded with kids, a worried teacher is talking to a middle-aged bureaucrat type in a suit and tie.
WOMAN: But we can’t fit another 30 chairs into this classroom!
MAN: Kids can stand.
PANEL 3
We are looking through a doorway at a man with slightly shaggy hair, who sits unhappily at a cheap table in an otherwise empty room. Outside the room, leaning back as if he’s just calling something into the room while rushing past, a man wearing glasses and a jacket and tie, talks to the shaggy-haired man.
RUSHING MAN: Hi! I’m your public defender. Unfortunately, I’ve been assigned so many defendants that introducing myself is all the time I have for your case this month.
RUSHING MAN: See you at your trial!
PANEL 4
A group of cops is dances widly. It’s a celebration. Green cash is filling the air, raining down on them.
COPS (said by several in unison): MONEY DANCE!
