Political Cartoon - Debt

This particular political cartoon is poking fun at how our nation is in serious debt. Uncle Sam, being the symbol for the United States, is clearly carrying a heavy load on his back. The heavy load being our nation's debt that has increased with continuous war costs. Decreasing tax revenues from the income tax cuts give to the wealthy has also not helped our governments debt load. Having United State's previous president, George Bush, "on top" of the debt that is on Uncle Sam's back makes it appear as if he is in control with the headline. However, Uncle Sam reading the newspaper "Slumping Economy" shows that although the government seems to the naked eye that it is taking care of things, in reality the situation is not improving.

Attempts at trying to relieve the United States of debt, war costs and rich tax cuts, are not helping the economy dig itself out of the debt. These pursuits are actually hurting the economy and causing more stress to the U.S. The U.S. could save roughly one trillion dollars by cutting war costs and sending troops home earlier. However, the contrary is what actually is occurring. More troops have been sent to the Middle East, which leads to more spending to support these new troops. If the government doesn't get a hold of the nation's debt situation, "Uncle Sam might collapse."