In this cartoon, the problem of our countries extreme national debt is being addressed. It is a picture of the national debt represented by a big, fat man, and President Obama feeding the debt lots of money by way of spending. The donkeys in the cartoon, the democrats, are talking up Obamas way of dealing with the debt and are happy with him. The elephant, republican, is standing there looking in discontent and using sarcasm. This cartoon is referencing the difference in opinion between right wing and left wing politicians on wether to make cuts in spending or continue spending like they have been. The author is more than likely right wing biased, making the statement that the democrats want to keep on spending even more money despite the problem of the national debt. He is trying to make the democrats look foolish by having them say they can cut the debt in half while increasing spending. With our national debt at incredibly high levels and its continual rise, this is a huge issue for both sides and one that will be tough to tackle.
I think this was a great choice for an image analysis and I agree with what you are seeing here. Only thing I saw a little differently was the reaction of the elephant. Instead of using sarcasm, he could be saying, "Yeah that is amazing," as in, the Republicans don't necessarily know what to do about the national debt either. Definitely a tough problem to tackle and unless things change, it is going to be a tumultuous future for the American people.
ReplyDeleteI think this a great example picture as well. t has alot of different things going on that has a meaning and purpose to each symbol. This also seems like a very true statement for how can you expect to cut debt if you increase spending? No one man will be able to fix this problem but someone should have a plan to not make it any worse. We will bounce back but it will take a while to get anything signififcant rolling.
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