Kids Today Are So Lazy! (Living Wage cartoon)
September 10th, 2022 Barry Posted in Economic cartoons | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two women on a sidewalk in a residential area, talking. The younger woman has black, straight hair, and is wearing a short-sleeved blouse with puffy sleeves, black tights with some tears, and sandals. The older woman has big curly hair, and is wearing a light blue blazer over a black shirt and slacks, with black kitten heels.
PANEL 1
The two women are talking; the younger woman has an earnest expression, while the older woman is holding out a palm in a somewhat dismissive manner and smiling.
YOUNGER: $17 per hour is a living wage. Everyone should be paid at least that.
OLDER: Your generation just has to work harder. Like mine did!
PANEL 2
A close-up of just the older woman, She’s pointing at the younger woman, smiling and lifting an eyebrow.
OLDER: I started working in 1970. I got $2.20 an hour and felt lucky! Then I worked my way up! You should be paid what I was. You’d learn something.
PANEL 3
A longer shot of the two of them. The younger woman has turned away and is tapping on her smartphone.
YOUNGER: Hold that thought…
PANEL 4
The younger woman has turned back towards the older woman, and is grinning and pointing to something on her smartphone screen, which she’s holding up to display to the older woman. The older woman leans down to look at the smartphone, and she looks taken aback.
YOUNGER: $2.20 per hour in 1970 is $17 per hour in today’s money. I agree, we should be paid like that!
