Reader Bernie Konger emailed us three editorial cartoons published in The News-Sentinel in 1949, along with the observation that they would "fit into today's political picture." The great divide between left and right stays the same -- the players and specific issues may change, but the debate doesn't really change.
At least today's cartoonists try to be funny. It's hard to imagine readers actually taking these stodgy "oh, look how cleverly everything is labeled" drawings seriously.
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I laughed. It is sad to see us in the same spiral after so many decades. When these were drawn, there were at least budget surpluses. The last one in my life time was in 1957.
vote them all out and start over.
Under Obama, federal government spending has increased 4.8% annually. Part of that is because of two and a half wars, none of which make any sense, and part of that is because of this depression, and it's nowhere near the 6.4% annual growth during the Dubya administration, but sheesh, it's way too much.
But we weren't running a surplus in 1949. Federal fund receipts were $35,349 million while outlays were $37,686 million.