Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 27, 2016

Simple solution: Throw a toaster in the hot tub.

I have a bad feeling that mobs with pitchforks will not only soon be targeting the banks, but also the newly-elected government of just another leftist disguised as a populist.

Make that two toasters, to be sure…

It’s a good thing Trump’s going to fix this.

If things go the way certain individuals want and claim otherwise, this is what we can expect.

For once I’m with Rat.

I was once rejected for a credit card because I didn’t have enough debt.

To be fair, that’s really Wells Fargo explained and, tangentially, their too-big-to-fail brethren. It’s not banking explained, and certainly not community banking explained. Take it from a retired banker.

Will this problem ever be solved? Never by a pig an’ a poke!

Sadly, most of our fellow citizens would cheer for Pig (of course!) and then vote for Trump, who persuaded them that he is in Pig’s role, and now is laughing his head off at them.

Hmm, maybe I should get into selling pitchforks.

One word: Iceland.

Someone tell Pig he’s a ‘Porker’, not a ‘Poker’…

For some reason, this is not the outcome I expected from allowing the government the authority to regulate banking.

Makes one think is college really needed because all of these people went to college which is where they learned to cheat,lie,deceive,ect.

@treblemaker, excellent Pastisian pun. @theBird55,I was never so “proud” to be a first-generation Icelandic-American than during the bank meltdown.

People should have nothing to with Wells Fargo. That bank needs to go bankrupt.

Sounds like Roger Ailes

Maybe BrassOrchid has a point. Perhaps the government shouldn’t regulate the banks. That way rather than worrying about small time malfeasance, we can worry about the galloping chaos that will ensue with the great likelihood of a major depression instead.

Oh , & where do I sign up to join Pig’s crusade?

This will get much better with a billionaire casino owner in charge.

Good old Wells Fargo! The collusion at the top is incredible! Drain the Swamp!

Since the Anti_Trumpers had to inject him into tis strip:

Somebody remind me how much Ms. Clinton “earned” from the the banking industries for giving speeches telling them how much she would do for them, while the other mouth was telling the “little people” how she was going to shut the banks down.

@Whiteheron:

First, I think it’s funny how conservatives get all bent out of shape about liberals earning money. She got paid to give speeches to private parties. She got paid MORE than conservatives got paid. Seems like good ol’ American enterprise to me.

Second, no one knows what she said to the banks. Those speeches were private and haven’t been released. They have, however, been “leaked.” So, I guess conservatives can also be considered gullible for thinking that what is leaked is true. But then, you also think Trump is actually going to do everything he promised.

I just want to go on the record saying this strip is at least a million times better than the best pun strip. If such a thing can be said to exist.

I’ll defend Wells. They dreamed up a program to allow low-paid employees to earn production bonuses, never dreaming that their employees were criminals who would defraud both bank and public. The only pressure “imposed” was individual greed. The Obama justice department never prosecuted a single defrauder despite constant advisories from the bank, mostly because the crooks were Obama voters.

Mobs with pitchforks are in our near future.

When we recently bought our retirement home, I looked for a financing source that would not sell my loan immediately to BoA or Wells Fargo. I never wanted to be under the thumb of one of these empires again, the way they treat their “customers” is absolutely unconscionable. I found a local credit union that has a statewide, local servicer – and I couldn’t be happier.

Like rat says, you can’t make this stuff up. The strip is satirical, but based on true events – events which make my blood boil.

Senator Warren to the rescue!

Politician, tree, rope, some assembly required.

That list is pretty long, Pig.

Thank God no republican being considered for a high-level Cabinet position has ever made speeches for a lot of money. Including to a terrorist organization.

Remember when Obama prosecuted the banksters, broke up “Too Big to Fail”, re-regulated Wall Street, and bailed out Main Street? Yeah, me neither. Don’t support banks! Use your local Credit Union. They do everything banks do, except rip you off.

sounds like the congressman and the ceo got off cheap.

Why twice.

What’s the big deal here? The solution is obvious enough. Why would anyone still bank there? If the customers walk, as they obviously should, the bank closes. If we are stupid enough to believe that the government can solve all our problems, we deserve to keep having things like this happen.

We are the new KingsSailing our seas of diamonds and goldOn your knees, peasantYou’re living for the New King

The big banks and the governments they control were not happy with Iceland’s solution but the country did recover more quickly than most and left the people a little less likely to elect a Mussolini wannabe to tear the system down.BTW folks… Attacks on Trump do not equate to support for Clinton (or vice versa). Quite a few of us would have preferred to dump both of them.

I think it’s totally wrong to be charged for withdrawing YOUR OWN MONEY from your bank account.

Well that’s how it is in the UK. But I think that only happens if you have a credit card.

xxx

Wait, we’re being sold ‘a Pig AND a Poke’?

I love Wells Fargo! —As a stagecoach company. Screw the bank’s rick fat cats at the top!

I love Pig-as-a-Mob even more! Torch ’em and pitchfork ’em (the rich amoral leaders, not the stupid rank-and-file schlubs)!

Let loose the Pig of Justice!

Point well taken; but, maybe I missed it: did Pastis draw any cartoons when Lois Lerner, John Kostinen and, presumably, Barack Obama were embroiled in the IRS/conservative organization scandal?

In capitalist America, bank robs you!

This actually sounds more like academia. . .

Worst pun ever