Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 26, 1981

Transcript:

Voice: Vice-President Bush, do you think the new estate laws have contributed to the current prep explosion? Bush: Gosh, I don't think so. In what way? Voice: Well, sir, when old preps die off, the new tax laws now allow baby preppies to retain the family fortunes intact. Isn't this just one more break for the well-heeled? Bush: Ladies and gentlemen, I have only one thing to say to you ono the subject: the greatest prep of them all, F. Scott Fitzgerald, died virtually penniless. Voice: Um... your point being, sir? bush: Never again.