Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for August 30, 2012
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Enjoy this Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Every Thursday Panels from the annals of the Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Wall Street Journal Comix Presents Lucky Ducky Lucky Ducky: Gotcha! Hound: More than 1/3 of my income --- oh, the pain! IRS Hound: Lucky Ducky! How can YOU afford a candy bar? Lucky Ducky: I'm POOR, so I barely pay ANY TAXES, bub! Gotcha! Hound: Oo! That Lucky Ducky! I'll fix him! Hound: Hello, Baxter? Do me a favor and fire one of your lowly workers... Lucky Ducky! BUS STOP Hound: Lucky Ducky! How can you afford bus fare? Lucky Ducky: Unemployment benefits! Gotcha! Hound: Grr...he gets all the luck! Man: Sir, Lucky Ducky is ILL and has no health insurance! Hound: GROAN He'll find SOME way to turn this to his advantage! Hound: Well, I'll be! Lucky Ducky DIED! I'll take a walk to celebrate! Hound: Hey! Who are you burying in that nice wood box? Gravedigger: Lucky Ducky! Hound: How could he afford a burial?! He was flat broke!! Gravedigger: This is a PAUPERS' GRAVEYARD! Hound: LUCKY DUCKY! GOTCHA END
pam Miner about 12 years ago
The rich want it all, and if they don’t want it, they don’t want anyone to have it either.
radams36 about 12 years ago
I wish I knew who was the horrible, despicable SOB at the WSJ who even came up with this vile concept.
Of course, we still have cretins like Bolland and other Fox liars trumpeting the deceptive meme about the 40 some percent who pay income tax, completely ignoring that most of the rest are either retirees on SS or so wretchedly poor they don’t pay.
I’d like one of these rotten, soul-less robber barons to try and get by for just 3 months on a ‘lucky ducky’s’ salary.
Spooky D Cat about 12 years ago
Well, there’s no question that the tax cuts eventually need to end, but all the talk of taxing wealth means that they want to tax your investments. The problem with this is that a zillion people in the US are depending on using their 401K for retirement income. Investment growth has been practically static for the last ten years thanks to Congress giving our futures away to the banking and finance industry, and now the solution to our economic woes is to increase the tax on wealth – which includes everyone’s 401K. So I guess all the 401K folks are just going to have to work until they die.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 12 years ago
and the guy that wants to be VP LOVES Rand and her thinking. (although lately, he denies it)Even if he doesn’t make VP this year, he will undoubtedly be in the number one slot in 2016.and the ironic thing is THEY are the ones calling the prez a nazi because he wanted to reform health care.unbelievable, just unbelievable. “…..and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out”
joe vignone about 12 years ago
The small investor owns maybe 10% of the stock market while the top 1% own 60%. And why is money made by investing taxed less than money made from the sweat of one’s labor? Who wrote the tax code for whom?
Dr Lou Premium Member about 12 years ago
Important issue…silly cartoon.