Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 11, 2015
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Transcript:
Rick: My God, the line for the soup kitchen goes around the block! Alice: And gettin' longer all the time, Russ. There's whole families out here now. The streets are full of people who lost their jobs or lost their homes or lost their minds! It ain't just winos anymore, Rob. Man: Tell me about it. I used to be a human rights analyst for the Carter administration. Rick: Huh? Alice: Wow. Talk about your fall from grace. Man: Society just passed me by, man.
The Reagan Years, when Republican philosophy went from “Poor people should be ignored” to “Poor people should be punished”. Now we have the republican presidential candidates calling for a flat tax. Well, of course they are. A flat tax gives a huge tax cut to the rich and a huge tax increase to the poor. Reagan would be proud.