Lesson 6

1. <http://mommylife.net/archives/2009/06/political_carto_1.html>
Thesis: At the rate our governments are proceeding with business as usual, taxpayers will continue to pay an increasing percentage of their earnings to fuel the current system; making for a desolate future. This comic depicts a little boy and girl in horse yolks labeled "future taxpayers" pulling a humungous steamer labeled "big government" through a desert. The steamer is covered in luggage labeled "wall street", "banks", "health care", "energy" and a few others.  The comic clearly states that the impossible work of up keeping the government is in the hands of our children.

2.  <http://www.creators.com/editorialcartoons/mike-luckovich/19098.html>
Thesis: Tax avoidance strategies for major U.S. corporations are many, for the average U.S. citizen the tax free options are post-death and social security death. This comic is titled "Tax Avoidance Loopholes". The comic shows a fat suited grinning man titled " U.S. corporation" reclining on a tropical beach. In the accompanying screen is a balding man titled "U.S. citizen" looking at a noose, a chair directly in front of him.  This comic shows both that U.S. corporations and U.S. citizens are imbalanced in wealth, and that they are also drastically imbalanced in tax duties as well. Generally speaking, this comic depicts the imbalance of freedom in the United States.