In the immortal words of Chester A. Riley, "What a revoltin' development this is!"
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88; Der Furor has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was convicted of using money raised for a statue honoring a slain police officer to pay personal expenses, including plastic surgery; Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a plan to radically downsize (gut) and refocus the State Department to align with Der Furor's whims; federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge and charged her with obstruction and concealing an individual to avoid arrest for allegedly trying to help an undocumented immigrant evade arrest; and in England, a man who bought a car to replace his car that was stolen discovered he had accidentally bought back his own stolen car when he discovered his home address in the onboard GPS.
In honor of the decent - not wonderful, but far better than now - economy we had just a few months ago, how about a collection of cartoons about economics?
That's pretty much the same thing Will Rogers said many years ago* ...
I think that's a good plan ...
It's a lot easier for you to sacrifice now for a big payoff later when you can actually afford to sacrifice now ...
That's pretty much how I'm thinking ...
If it works for him, I'm next in line ...
I'd go for that strategy, too, except that I can't afford the detector ...
Ah, yes ... Der Furor's economic advisors are planning well ...
It looks like a valid market indicator to me ...
Giving new meaning to the advice to "hang tight ... the market will recover" ...
And we've trickled down to the end of this week's collection of tariff-free cartoons - I hope they gave you something to smile about in these economically challenging times.
Have a good day and a great weekend, and come back tomorrow for a nostalgic Poetry Sunday. See you then with more thoughts.
Bilbo
* In a 1932 column criticizing Herbert Hoover's policies and approach to The Great Depression, Will Rogers wrote:"The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to the needy. Mr. Hoover was an engineer. He knew that water trickles down. Put it uphill and let it go and it will reach the driest little spot. But he didn't know that money trickled up. Give it to the people at the bottom and the people at the top will have it before night, anyhow. But it will at least have passed through the poor fellow's hands."
1 comment:
Terrific! And thanks for the footnote, didn't know the full quote.
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