Michael Ramirez is a first-rate cartoonist for Investor’s Business Daily. Here are two of his recent gems.
As always, humor works when it is based on something true.
With that in mind, do you prefer this cartoon, which shows Obama scolding the Founding Fathers for their extreme libertarian views?
Or what about this cartoon, which makes the obvious point that growth is rather difficult when the productive sector of the economy is hobbled by too much government.
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I like “Commerce Claws”.
No, bleedingheart, the founders would most definitely not agree with the big government championed by lefties. In short, they would never recognize the right to other peoples’ property, which is the basis for most of liberals “social contract”.
Frank – For most of the 2/3 of our history (actually more like half) before Wilson came along (although progressivism goes back a bit further to the GOP’s own Teddy Roosevelt) and we had “small limited government,” we were an agricultural society where most people grew their own food, made their own clothing, and probably provided their own education and healthcare, too.
Is that what you want to return to? Hardly seems practical or desirable in the 21st Century — and neither does the “small limited government” that conservatives inexplicably continue to pine for. And I believe our Founding Fathers would agree if they were alive today.
@Joetosti Even Saul Alinski mentiones in “Rules for Radicals” that unearned things such as independence, freedom, etc. are sterile and unappreciated by those given such as opposed to having earned it.
It is going to take more than a cartoon; it’s going to take scholarship and efficient presentation.
To the post re: ‘sainted’ founders: My, what a bloated strawman you’ve constructed. The intent of the founders isn’t about saints, it’s about principle, and the entire point of our limited federal government. This nation was founded on the principle that we the people have the opportunity and ability to make our own success and determine our own fate, rather than live as the ignorant masses of some ruling class under some concept of noblesse oblige.
This is why your viewpoint fails utterly at swaying any conservative citizens out in flyover country. You voice your opinion from the perspective that you’re somehow smarter than/better than those who disagree. You argue that you’re a better breed of human than the rest of us, Who obviously didn’t ‘get past the third grade’ in our understanding of politics.
If you want to be ruled, there are plenty of nations willing to rule you. Leave the free one to those of us who wish to remain free.
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@joetosti – Well Joe you may have graduated from the third grade but your knowledge didn’t get you past the fourth grade. Caring for our fellow humans is not something that the government is capable of doing nor is it anything that they should be doing. By reducing the amount of money that the government sucks out of society would free us to help our fellow humans even more. Whether we do that or not is none of the governments business. For 2/3 of our history we had a small limited governement. Ever since Wilson the progressives have sucked more and more into the government. The Great Society was the biggest blunder ever foisted on minorities. Since it has been proven that progressives give less of their time and money to help others I take it you’re a progressive. I feel sorry for you.
Social Contract? As high sounding with implied importance as that undefined name sounds, I have never been able to find that particular document, let alone track its constitutionally adopted history. I have come to the conclusion that it must mean whatever someone decides to imply it means at any point in their narrative laying out their justification for subverting the legal requirements of the Constitution. And yes, the marvelous amendment process built into it does allow the Constitution to adapt to changing circumstances and understandings with the consent of the governed just as intended by the Founders, rather than being imposed by those who are convinced they are better, know more, and are much more intelligent than the lowly ignorant governed subjects.
The Founders; Ah yes, those sainted all-knowing, god-like figures whose exalted reputations are cemented in stone in the pages of our third-grade textbooks.
But then some of us graduate from third grade, go on to read more and more, even do some formal research, and conclude that the Founders were neither omniscient nor did they agree on much. Their greatest talent: The ability to compromise, to find common ground that would allow a nation to be formed. The compromise – the Constitution – is marvelous in the fact that it allows for growth beyond what the Founders knew and believed at the time. It allowed for the abolition of slavery, the formation of unions, giving non-property owners and women the right to vote.
It provided the freedom to think for ourselves, and that led us to understand that it is noble to care for one’s fellow man. Ryan’s budget would result in great suffering for those most in need of the Social Contract for survival. On the other hand, the Social Contract is probably more useful to the wealthy also. It helps soothe the conscience.
And that is antithetical to Social Darwinism.
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Please make these cartoons LARGER-SIZED so we can see the detail and artistry and read the tag lines! They are sometimes quite difficult to view because of their small size.
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