Close to Home by John McPherson for January 01, 2013

By any chance, are they riding in a TAXi or a BUDGET rental car?

I got that idea from the American playwright, Fiscal CLIFFord o’DEBTS

My GAWD! I’m with you, Sist’a Dora! Please let it DIE!!

I can’t think of any sar-chasm to add.

I’m thinking more like “physical” cliff

Hey, they’re driving on Apple maps!

He must have the same sat nav as mine in his car!!!

Are they going to fall in or make it across? The suspense is killing me!

I believe that is Sen. Yertle and Rep. Oompa Loompa driving that car.

Just decide to step on the brakes retroactive. It will be ok.

Nicely timed!

Are you drunk, or what?

@Mojo Loves Big Nate; Good grief, you really shouldn’t read comics, they’re for people with a sense of humour.

With the price of gas, I’m surprised they could afford to go that far.

We must forgive the people who see a chasm here. The comic has a perspective error: the highway is wider at the bottom of the cliff, when it should be roughly the same width depending on how vertical the wall of the cliff is.Unfortunately, the connected cracks at the bottom aren’t enough of a visual clue.

I call it the entitlement cliff, afterall that is a more appriopriate terminology describing the problem. If the government did away with entitlements imagine how much extra cash it would have. Don’t believe me, just look up how much entitlement programs are as a portion of the budget.