After the poll I shared the other day, this cartoon seems appropriate.
Maybe the better lesson to be learned, thought, isn’t that we should fear big government (though we should, as this t-shirt makes clear), but that statism destroys the human spirit.
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That fat lenny character should be Corporate Greed tied into the Federal Reserve and IMF!! Those bunnies should be Ireland, Portugal, ang Greece Rabbit carcasses in the corner, and Italy in Lennies arms!!But The concept Is Great