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Smarts Vs Arrogance Analysis
Smarts vs. Arrogance Gary Varvel was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1957. When he was a child he came across a copy of MAD Magazine, he then fell in love with cartoons. He went to John Herron School of Art at Indiana University and Perdue University at Indianapolis (Cartoonist Profile). He's been drawing for years and got offered a ton of jobs. I choose this political cartoon by him because it is straight to the point and it could mean a ton of things. The message of this cartoon is to make America see that taxing the rich wont hurt the rich as it is hurting the middle class. This cartoon is very accurate in my opinion. Most of the money already goes to the rich already. Right? Bernie Sanders would make a better president than Donald Trump because he takes college students very seriously, he makes politics comprehendible to us Americans, and he's trying to save the debt in America. ( Figure 1)The cartoon picture is patriotic with red, white, and blue. Both Bernie and Trump are at a Debate discussing there ideas for when whoever wins presidency. Bernie’s tie is blue which means more calm and approachable. Also, Bernie’s tie color means Democratic which he his. Whereas Trumps tie is red, its more harsh and not approachable …show more content…
Sanders quote “ TAX THE RICH!” ( Figure 1) which that America should stop taxing the middle class and the poor and start taxing the rich. Trump, being a billionaire he should be taxed more thats why Bernie points to him in the cartoon (Figure 1). Money needs to stop always being taken away from people that don't have much to spare. They have more money and they can replenish it faster than the middle class can. Bernie wants to help America for the better. Trump on the other hand thinks just because he is a very rich man he can say and do whatever he wants. He has the money and money being everything today, he pretty much can. That still doesn’t make it right

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