- The name of the cartoon is "Sinking Debt". With the national debt rapidly growing, I saw this as a perfect choice for my next blog. The debt is always a problem and is talked about every hour of every day. The cartoon is simply showing how the debt is going to be a problem for a long, long time. Uncle Sam is barley holding up the baby(which represents the youngest generation alive) above water. The little baby says "Up to my eyeballs already", meaning that although he's young he already has to deal with the problems the debt causes. Today we can see funding cut from schools because of the horrible debt which proves kids are dramatically affected.
- The underlying irony of the cartoon is that the debt is SUPPOSE to get better with time. It's obvious from the picture that the author feels differently. I feel that the author is just showing us how much of a problem he thinks the debt is. I know that we have talked about this in class more then once so i seemed appropriate.
- This cartoon was found on https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYRVek7eA5qOGfP1Gz4zV1JTi3I4_Ww3uQ-iH6_mZ3EcIftTkSMr4M6aWkxiHHbNaqyRco3hSN6lQZSS_SYX1Pjqm2DVw5Nd_7a5Ijjl-KOh05OIP_eQQ8V4gc4UP_-F3-lVlIjynFcW1/s1600/NATIONAL+DEBT,+OBAMACARTOON.jpg
The author of the cartoon was Jeff Parker.
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