Cartoon: How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage

Posted by Ampersand | November 28th, 2006

This one was printed in Dollars and Sense months ago… it’s already dated now, given the results of the elections earlier this month. (Click on the image to see a larger version.)


How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage - cartoon by Barry Deutsch

12 Responses to “Cartoon: How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage”

  1. Deep Thought Writes:

    Hey, as an aside - any one here up for a discussion of Distributism?


  2. Raznor Writes:

    I love the fifth panel. If you had just that image on a teeshirt I would so buy it. Maybe with a caption of “booga booga”


  3. Daran Writes:

    I like the fifth panel too. I think Amp should do a big version of it on its own, and then we can have a caption competition.


  4. Jenn Tile - MySpace Blog Writes:

    This Modern World: Confirming the obvious… Gizmodo: Verizon To Censor YouTube For Cellphones Alas, a Blog: Cartoon: How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage TPM Muckraker: WH Panel, Miming Oversight on NSA Update sukinova: Right wing writer almost calls Jon [Stewart] a journalist….


  5. Flo-Queen of the Bad Mommies Writes:

    So great! I think the only thing you forgot was terrorist threat… The fifth panel is very fun.


  6. Robert Writes:

    I would be very interested in reading the Republican critique of minimum wage laws that involves casual abortion, Darwin, gay marriage, and/or the boogeyman. Got a link?


  7. Ampersand Writes:

    I think the only thing you forgot was terrorist threat…

    (Slaps forehead.) D’oh!


  8. Decnavda Writes:

    I’m not sure if adding terroristism would have weakened or strengthened the point. With the 3 issues Amp included, I had originally assumed he was making a specific reference to how Republicans use the culture wars to scare Christians into voting against the poor. Adding terrorism, a real threat many of us non-Christians are scared of, would broaden the point to the more general way Republicans use fear to distract people from ecconomic realities. I suppose whether it would have weakened or strengthed the point depends on which of those points you were trying to make.

    By the way, is Hereville still going on, and will it ever be published in a way that will let me just sit down and read the story?


  9. Ampersand Writes:

    Decnavda, good point about terrorism. And I’m not sure about Hereville’s future, but if I do post more pages, I’ll announce it on “Alas.”

    Robert, I think you failed your “perceive metaphor” roll. Would you like to try again? I have a +2 “glasses of comprehending cartoons” you could borrow, if you’d like.


  10. Robert Writes:

    I get the metaphor. It just seems an odd issue to use it on, since the minimum wage is one of those areas where the Republicans seem to mostly refrain from using harsh arguments (”Why do you racists want to impoverish poor black teenagers, Amp? WHY CAN’T YOU STOP THE HATE?”) in favor of more MEGOish stuff.


  11. ms_xeno Writes:

    Bad Cartoonist. No Tofu.


  12. jennhi Writes:

    Cartoon: How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage


  13. mythago Writes:

    since the minimum wage is one of those areas where the Republicans seem to mostly refrain from using harsh arguments

    They usually present it as “Why do you hate big corporations, and therefore, America?”


  14. The Sideshow Writes:

    .) And while Josh does an able job, of course, Tristero suggests that it’s a mistake to address silly people like Kurtz seriously, as if they deserved our respect, when in fact they happen to be out of their tiny little minds. How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage Some great pics in this photoset. I think I did find this Advent calendar last year, but missed it when looking this year. (via)


  15. GoodWillHunter Writes:

    Nicely done. I’d like the +2 Glasses of Comprehending Cartoons. I need +2 Glasses of Reading.


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