Ted Rall Editorial Cartoon on GoComics.com

Trilobyte said, about 15 hours ago

I guess this make me a left leaning liberal. Seems like there is a case for folks earning some extra net income and accumulating assets, even luxuries. That said, having people starving, freezing, dying from pollution, denied the opportunity to get an education, etc., etc. is a case for systematic progressive taxation and then the ultimate in deferred taxation, the estate tax.

HabaneroBuck said, about 14 hours ago

@Trilobyte

Who is starving in obese 21st Century America? Who is freezing? Who is dying from pollution? When you actually begin to analyze the situation, the opportunities in America for basic life sustenance are the greatest in the history of mankind. Get a roommate, a job, and an apartment…you can live, on your own, for less than a $1000 a month in parts of the US. Education is subsidized to the hilt, too. Go to a community college and learn a trade. Stop feeling sorry for yourself!

OldCoal said, about 14 hours ago

There are philosophers who spent their entire lives discussing economies and surplus and fair distribution vs rewards/punishments.

“People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” ― Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard

OldCoal said, about 14 hours ago

There are philosophers who spent their entire lives discussing economies and surplus and fair distribution vs rewards/punishments.

“People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” ― Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard

MR. E said, about 13 hours ago

@HabaneroBuck

Well said! That’s what I did years ago, I’m now 53 and supporting a family of 4, and doing pretty well. These snowflakes need to stop feeling entitled and get off of their butts.

Old Crow Nobo said, about 13 hours ago

Mean while, the Orange Beast is teaming up with Putin to be king of the world.

TJDestry said, about 13 hours ago

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. If Ted had been listening in class instead of doodling, he’d actually understand Marxism. Well, wait: Looking at his art, maybe he was doodling AND listening.

lonecat said, about 12 hours ago

Just about no one on the left calls for income equality. Certainly Marx did not call for income equality. Rall needs to do some homework.

DaBoogadie said, about 12 hours ago

@lonecat

Left isn’t socialism, or communism in America. It’s liberalism. Your mental thesaurus has been compromised.

Cerabooge said, about 11 hours ago

Ted, I think you should use the term “neoliberal”. “Liberal” is now no more than a veneer on a philosophy that is ultra-capitalist and considers war an integral part of success in business. Would an actual liberal promote the TPP, war in the Mideast, fracking, and Wall Street hegemony?

D Lee said, about 11 hours ago

@MR. E

So did I, worked a minimum wage job, and put myself through school, had a 2 room apartment and could cover food and transportation. Now, a minimum wage job won’t cover even that minimal life style, and tuition is completely impossible. Yes, we did it back then, but you couldn’t do it today.

martens said, about 10 hours ago

@lonecat

It’s a great illustration of the new term “post-truth”. Facts and definitions give way to emotional appeal. Ted wants to be able to set up a false distinction, so he just says what he wants to make a pseudo-contrast and that makes it all A-OK. Get used to a lot more of this kind of argument coming down the road…

jrmerm said, about 10 hours ago

@OldCoal

Congratulations on the recent election, OC. The loser said she was going to put you out of business.

jrmerm said, about 10 hours ago

Let’s smash crony, state sponsored capitalism instead of reverting to disproven 19th Century concepts and cliches. At least Rall’s heart, if not his mind, is in the right place.