Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 28, 2024

Don’t politicians and attorneys get pensions when they retire?

I’m old enough to remember when interest rates on savings was 7.5%. Ah, the good old days!

It’s gonna get worse with this new administration, Joanie. You and Rick better tighten your belts!

Strap in boys and girls. Factories are already laying workers off in anticipation of the sh** show coming.

Is it my imagination, or is Joanie actually being drawn older and heavier now than she used to be. I don’t know if I would say the same about Rick, for whatever light that sheds on my gender biases.

So much food crosses the North American borders, I hope South America [like Chile which sends a lot of produce during our winter] will be exempt from the tariffs.

Its 2022 all over again. Buck up, things will get better.

Anyone know how old Alex was at this point?

It’s not too late to become a podcaster and maybe earn some respect

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!

Funny, the economy is going tank over and over multiple times past this point in history, none of these boom booms are going to be at the center of anything past the great recession, unless of course they’re in TV news or media or politics all of which seem to operate in some respects as if mid to late 20th century ideas & ideals still apply. Oh well, they’ll all have a future posting constantly online as the Facebook Grandmas they’re destined to become I guess. Real reporting jobs are nearly a thing of the past at this point. Of course having the attention span for anything of this length is also pretty rare ! Happy Thanksgiving Folks !

I bet there’s a story in that.

She sure shot holes in that solution.

With the demise of print as a news source being imminent, this strip is poignant …

I worked for a newspaper. The reporters made way more than I did.

That is the thing about the stock market. It requires patience and steady nerves.

Since this strip appears to be from 2002, Joanie must be talking about the Dot-Com Bubble and subsequent bust. We were lucky, took a bunch out for the down payment on a house just in time.

Gosh, I’ve been putting money away for retirement for forty years. Doesn’t mean it will last if Musk does what he’s promised and trashes the economy. Doesn’t mean a fixed income will hold out against the increased prices on, well, nearly everything once teh mango moron puts his tariffs in place. Doesn’t mean I’ll be able to keep up with medical expenses when Medicare is trashed, and the prescription price caps are removed.

At this point the only thing I feel hopeful about is that I’ll probably die in the next ten years. Yay me.

Clark Kent does all right on a reporter’s salary