Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 08, 2013
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Lucky Ducky The Poor Little Duck Who's Rich In Luck Hound: Raising the minimum wage?! Why, I once had a minimum-wage job. Hound: Mr. Mason, the garage is cleaned out. Mr. Mason: Here's your money, young Hollingsworth. Hound: Keen! Now I can buy gas to take Betty Lou to the school dance! Hound: I never thought i was STUCK at that station in life! Hound: But Lucky Duckies making minimum wage today think it's a way of life! Hound: Lucky Ducky, why don't you get OUT of this minimum-wage job? Lucky Ducky: By gum, you're right! Why didn't I think of that? The education system failed me, but I'll read a book on computers... And I'll use my one free hour per week to write up a business plan... Quit my third job so I can make an appointment at a venture capital firm... And I'll start a company that offers micro controller and digital signal processing-based system solutions... Boss: Lucky Ducky, they passed a new minimum wage law! You get one more dollar an hour. Lucky Ducky: And then I'll... Lucky Ducky: Ka-ching! I'm STAYING! Hound: LUCKY DUCKY! The End
wcorvi about 11 years ago
Australia’s minimum wage is $20 per hour (their $ is worth slightly more than USA now). This has two consequences – things that require labor (restaurants, food in general, that sort of thing) are very expensive, but young people there WANT jobs! It’s refreshing.
Linguist about 11 years ago
If Lucky Ducky is working in Sea Tac, Washington then he really will be lucky. Minimum wage is going up to $15.00 an hour !
Tom Falco about 11 years ago
Hmm I like the idea.
bgerard about 11 years ago
@libsmasher
Thanks for showing everyone what a fantasy world conservatives live in.
Alabama Al about 11 years ago
OK, so Hollingsworth sweated a little in his youth to earn some pocket change. In the flashback, Hollingsworth used the money to put some gas into his car so he could drive around his date. A few questions:`1. How did Hollingsworth acquire his car (along with upkeep)? Minimum wage? Or did Hollingsworth’s dad buy it for him?`2. Where did he find time to clean out a garage? Between his multiple part-time jobs, or was he a full-time student (perhaps implied by the sweater) either in high school or college? Again, family financial support.`3. Dates are expensive. Where did Hollingsworth get the money for that? Guess.`There’s a great saying: “He was born on third base, but thinks he hit a triple.” Although I doubt many will get it, Ruben Bolling is subtly showing the delusions all too many have. Many of the upper class really believe they clawed there way to their station without any help, completely ignoring the very real – and personally unearned – advantages they’ve enjoyed in life.
kapock about 11 years ago
@Alabama_Al:
Ruben’s referencing some recent reminiscences by people like Fox’s Neil Cavuto that fall into exactly those fallacies.
kapock about 11 years ago
Well, this way saves Hollingsworth the trouble of driving Lucky’s company out of business with nuisance patent suits because it would be competing with HoundCo.
gorbasche2 about 11 years ago
I totally agree with Hollingsworth on this one.
Chrisnp about 11 years ago
Nice thing about Australia when I was there – no tipping. I guess because wait staff made a decent living. I’d love to see that change here. I happen to live in SeaTac, and yes they will get a better wage at $15 per hour. (good for the wait staff, being by the Airport and most foreign travelers don’t tip).
JDM8 almost 11 years ago
libsmasher, you didn’t see the sarcasm in the comic because you’re neck-deep in your own ideology.
Also, poor people don’t vote very differently than middle-class and the rich. It’s best not to trot out those tropes.
I won’t provide a link, but a search for “do the poor vote democrat or republican” shows several stories that disprove that trope.