front porch

Father teaches son about taxes using allowance, electricity and snacks.
ALLOWANCE EATEN UP BY TAXES by Gary McCoy, politicalcartoons.com
In the cartoon a blond boy in a pink shirt tells a friend in a striped shirt that his ten dollar allowance drops to a dollar thirteen after his dad deducts taxes for electricity laundry snacks and a long shower surcharge. The father stands on the porch in a green shirt and khakis waving one hand while stating that is how government works so get used to it. The scene includes a flower pot a sidewalk and green lawn with the artist signature visible.
We're just trick or treaters
Bruce Plante, PoliticalCartoons.com
Toilet paper back in my day...
Bruce Plante, PoliticalCartoons.com
Oct
22
2009
Couple takes down Halloween tombstones marking job, house and car losses
HALLOWEEN COLOR by Bob Englehart, politicalcartoons.com
On October 22, 2009, Bob Englehart's cartoon shows a suburban couple on their front porch at night. Three tombstones labeled MY JOB, MY HOUSE and MY CAR stand in the yard next to jack-o'-lanterns. The woman tells her husband to take the decorations down because they are too scary. The image captures public anxiety over widespread job losses, foreclosures and repossessions during the Great Recession.
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