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The witch doctor returns from his vacation in Hawaii and uses his mediocre skills learned as a community organizer to force compromise with his screams of ‘tax the rich tax the rich’.
We’ll all be like Wile E Coyote next week. We’ll be stepping off that cliff hanging in mid air waiting for Congress to act then we’ll plummet when no action is taken.
Yeah yeah yeah . . . why not tax the rich? Look at the money they spent on Romney and all those ‘independent’ think-tanks ‘proving’ how anything other than tax breaks for the rich will ‘hurt the economy.’ I say it’s time to apply the second part of Morton’s Fork to the rich. Morton’s Fork, you say? What’s that? The ‘Morton’ was Henry VII’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, ie top tax man. He came up with Morton’s Fork, called that because one way or another people pay. It goes “Hmm. You don’t spend a lot of money, you must have a lot of money saved up to tax! You do spend a lot of money, so you must have a lot of money available to tax!”
Eryx: Or even more so with Greens. They only take support from real, living, individual humans, with a $1,000 cap on that, and still make a respectable showing considering the corporate media prohibits any mention of them – and that includes you, Rachel Maddow, the alleged progressive!
This cartoon has gained a lot of relevance today (1/1/13) since, technically, the U.S. actually went over the cliff but nothing happened, basically. Good foresight, Mr. Stahler!
According to veteran Ohio cartoonist Stahler, the most satisfying part of his job is "those days when I can load my ink cannon with fodder faster than I can fire it."
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Comments (15) (Please sign in to comment)
4my10851cs said, 5 months ago
he knows more about the cliff than anyone
Justice22 said, 5 months ago
My FLOTD.
mikefive said, 5 months ago
Wile E. always survives the cliff. He’s always a little beat up and battered but he survives.
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
The witch doctor returns from his vacation in Hawaii and uses his mediocre skills learned as a community organizer to force compromise with his screams of ‘tax the rich tax the rich’.
dapperdan61
said, 5 months ago
We’ll all be like Wile E Coyote next week. We’ll be stepping off that cliff hanging in mid air waiting for Congress to act then we’ll plummet when no action is taken.
Krazy Ig Katz said, 5 months ago
Acme © parachute packed with Teabag © anvil.
ghostkeeper said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Yeah yeah yeah . . . why not tax the rich? Look at the money they spent on Romney and all those ‘independent’ think-tanks ‘proving’ how anything other than tax breaks for the rich will ‘hurt the economy.’ I say it’s time to apply the second part of Morton’s Fork to the rich. Morton’s Fork, you say? What’s that? The ‘Morton’ was Henry VII’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, ie top tax man. He came up with Morton’s Fork, called that because one way or another people pay. It goes “Hmm. You don’t spend a lot of money, you must have a lot of money saved up to tax! You do spend a lot of money, so you must have a lot of money available to tax!”
zekedog55
said, 5 months ago
@Mr. King
More “voo-doo economics”, emphasis on the “doo”!
Radish
said, 5 months ago
Close your eyes when we go over the cliff. In cartoon physics you won’t fall unless you look down and see you are suspended in mid air.
Rottiluv
said, 5 months ago
@ghostkeeper
Cutting the funding to all those “think tanks” would be a huge way to cut spending.
amr1107 said, 5 months ago
Stahler: We miss you in Cinti! Please come back. The Enquirer could use you – dearly!
Eryx
said, 5 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
I suggest that you look up the proportion of small-dollar donors to both the Obama and Romney campaigns before you embarrass yourself further.
hippogriff said, 5 months ago
Eryx: Or even more so with Greens. They only take support from real, living, individual humans, with a $1,000 cap on that, and still make a respectable showing considering the corporate media prohibits any mention of them – and that includes you, Rachel Maddow, the alleged progressive!
Wabbit
said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
And on the other side is a guy saying “tax the poor, but keep it a secret” “tax the poor but keep it a secret as long as you can”
MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago
This cartoon has gained a lot of relevance today (1/1/13) since, technically, the U.S. actually went over the cliff but nothing happened, basically. Good foresight, Mr. Stahler!