ANS -- The Republican Lifeguard

Here's a cartoon with a short comment.  It's about Republican logic, in the person of a Lifeguard. 
Find it here:   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/17/1285534/-The-Republican-Lifeguard?detail=facebook  
--Kim



MON MAR 17, 2014 AT 03:45 PM PDT

The Republican Lifeguard

by David Harris Gershon Follow

 
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Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer-Prize-winning political cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution(and self-proclaimed Daily Kos fan), has once again produced a simple yet profound critique of conservative logic.

" Sink or Swim" by Mike Luckovich, reprinted with permission.

It goes without saying that tax breaks for billion-dollar corporations and Wall Street millionaires do not create dependencies. They 'motivate' further exploitation and reward hard work (and the exporting of jobs overseas).

But Food stamps? Public assistance? For those drowning under an ocean of debt and closed opportunities?

These things don't help struggling Americans find their footing so they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. No, they're just methods of coddling those who should learn to fend for themselves.

What a strange, and heartless, intellectual web.

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David Harris-Gershon is author of the memoir What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?, just out from Oneworld Publications.

ORIGINALLY POSTED TO DAVID HARRIS-GERSHON (THE TROUBADOUR) ON MON MAR 17, 2014 AT 03:45 PM PDT.


ALSO REPUBLISHED BY WRITING BY DAVID HARRIS GERSHON, ANGLICAN KOSSACKS, ANDDAILY KOS CLASSICS.