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Monday, September 29, 2008
Cartoon Argument
Ok so here goes nothing. The argument portrayed in the cartoon is that the government keeps piling up their debt and just letting it sit to waste.
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I feel that the cartoon is saying that the government is simply adding on to their debts but they are not finding any way to reduce it. The little figure is supposed to be the government who is basicly saying that they do not care about what happens with the debt.
I agree that the government keeps adding on to their debts, especially with the bill that Bush proposed that is being voted on ($700 billion bill). The government should pay attention to domestic problems before they pay anymore attention to the war. The war is a key thing that makes us become more in debt, and yes, the federal government trys to hide the fact that we are in so much debt.
I think another message here is the size of depts entering the nation, portrayed by the dump trucks. One example of this is the proposed $700 billion bail-out.
I agree with all of you. It mocks the government's thinking that they can just keep hiding their debt, but they fail to realize the impact in every day citizen's economic issues.
haha, love this cartoon. but its pretty obvious what it trying to say. That the government has so much debt already, and that adding wall street debt to it won't make much of a difference to the BIG picture of how much the government is already in debt. (personal 2 cents: The government is spending ALOT of money on a a war that by popular demand wants to be ended (via:retreat not annihilation)with all that money going out no wonder we are in so much debt. Government should start restricting that flow from a huge river to a narrow creek. and start using the money for more domestic reasons such as infrastructure, health care, education, and other things such as that so down to home Americans can actually see whats happening with there tax money that helps them.)
Make sure to include the evidence for your claims. For instance, the cartoon clearly is talking about debt and the financial trouble we're in. What is it saying about the debt? There are a couple of implied metaphors there that you can discuss. You might discuss how the debt is like garbage that is being piled on top of itself. Take the "debt is like garbage" claim, explore that a bit more. what is that saying about our financial situation? What does it mean to be called tash or garbage?
Uncle sam usually represents the american people, here it seems to me that we are saying "sure why not put us in more debt? it wont effect me, not yet anyway" The fact that the debt is represented as trash implies that, like land dumps and pollution, it will be hard to get rid of, if ever. trash and pollution are things that wont effect us immediatly, they are slow things that will more likely hinder our children and their families. also i find it ironic that the piles of debt are towering waves that look ready to collapse and overflow into the green grass beyond the fence. and guess who is standing in that grass? Uncle Sam. US. were standing there putting things off and not taking care of them because its easier. its hard to see how the USA will be in fifty years, but what if we go into some kind of depression? how do we get out of that? History seems to repeat itself, what era are we revisiting? is there anything we can do? this cartoon implies that, like a landfill, this national debt will be extremely hard to clear out, if at all possible.
I agree with the cartoon on how the government is letting thier debts build on top of eachother, but not how it is all bush's fault, because yes, he has made some mistakes but he wasnt wrong on sending people over there to try and change things over seas. He was just trying to do what was best at the time, but let it escalade VERY wrong.
The cartoonist who created this did a great job. This cartoon is a wonderful metaphor for our government and our economy today. It portrays how are government continues to increase and increase our debt, instead of trying to figure out how to relieve this debt. For example this recent "bail out bill", which instead of being a solution to our already enormous debt, simply temporarily "bails us out", but really and truly it only further contributes to our debt. I like the man standing next to the dump, who tells the dumpster truck operators to put it (the debt), where ever they can find room. The man seems apathetic as to what is going on and seems as if he could really care less. The dumpster truck operaters also seem apathetic. That man is a metaphor for how our government seems as if they are apathetic to our growing debt. That man is a metaphor for our government saying "oh yeah sure, we're already in debt, but it's okay to add more, we'll just add it on the the list." It is sad to think about how long it will be before our government realizes that those "piles of debt in the dump" are adding up and could soon collapse. Hopefully efforts will be made to prevent those "piles of debt" from collapsing before the actually do.
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I feel that the cartoon is saying that the government is simply adding on to their debts but they are not finding any way to reduce it. The little figure is supposed to be the government who is basicly saying that they do not care about what happens with the debt.
I agree that the government keeps adding on to their debts, especially with the bill that Bush proposed that is being voted on
($700 billion bill). The government should pay attention to domestic problems before they pay anymore attention to the war. The war is a key thing that makes us become more in debt, and yes, the federal government trys to hide the fact that we are in so much debt.
I think another message here is the size of depts entering the nation, portrayed by the dump trucks. One example of this is the proposed $700 billion bail-out.
I agree with all of you. It mocks the government's thinking that they can just keep hiding their debt, but they fail to realize the impact in every day citizen's economic issues.
haha, love this cartoon. but its pretty obvious what it trying to say. That the government has so much debt already, and that adding wall street debt to it won't make much of a difference to the BIG picture of how much the government is already in debt. (personal 2 cents: The government is spending ALOT of money on a a war that by popular demand wants to be ended (via:retreat not annihilation)with all that money going out no wonder we are in so much debt. Government should start restricting that flow from a huge river to a narrow creek. and start using the money for more domestic reasons such as infrastructure, health care, education, and other things such as that so down to home Americans can actually see whats happening with there tax money that helps them.)
Make sure to include the evidence for your claims. For instance, the cartoon clearly is talking about debt and the financial trouble we're in. What is it saying about the debt? There are a couple of implied metaphors there that you can discuss. You might discuss how the debt is like garbage that is being piled on top of itself. Take the "debt is like garbage" claim, explore that a bit more. what is that saying about our financial situation? What does it mean to be called tash or garbage?
Uncle sam usually represents the american people, here it seems to me that we are saying "sure why not put us in more debt? it wont effect me, not yet anyway" The fact that the debt is represented as trash implies that, like land dumps and pollution, it will be hard to get rid of, if ever. trash and pollution are things that wont effect us immediatly, they are slow things that will more likely hinder our children and their families. also i find it ironic that the piles of debt are towering waves that look ready to collapse and overflow into the green grass beyond the fence. and guess who is standing in that grass?
Uncle Sam.
US.
were standing there putting things off and not taking care of them because its easier. its hard to see how the USA will be in fifty years, but what if we go into some kind of depression? how do we get out of that? History seems to repeat itself, what era are we revisiting? is there anything we can do? this cartoon implies that, like a landfill, this national debt will be extremely hard to clear out, if at all possible.
Good job, Austin!
I agree with the cartoon on how the government is letting thier debts build on top of eachother, but not how it is all bush's fault, because yes, he has made some mistakes but he wasnt wrong on sending people over there to try and change things over seas. He was just trying to do what was best at the time, but let it escalade VERY wrong.
The cartoonist who created this did a great job. This cartoon is a wonderful metaphor for our government and our economy today. It portrays how are government continues to increase and increase our debt, instead of trying to figure out how to relieve this debt. For example this recent "bail out bill", which instead of being a solution to our already enormous debt, simply temporarily "bails us out", but really and truly it only further contributes to our debt.
I like the man standing next to the dump, who tells the dumpster truck operators to put it (the debt), where ever they can find room. The man seems apathetic as to what is going on and seems as if he could really care less. The dumpster truck operaters also seem apathetic. That man is a metaphor for how our government seems as if they are apathetic to our growing debt. That man is a metaphor for our government saying "oh yeah sure, we're already in debt, but it's okay to add more, we'll just add it on the the list."
It is sad to think about how long it will be before our government realizes that those "piles of debt in the dump" are adding up and could soon collapse. Hopefully efforts will be made to prevent those "piles of debt" from collapsing before the actually do.
The cartoon is saying that they keep spending money (adding more debt) and not really solving anything.
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