February 7th, 2012 Barry Posted in Economic cartoons, Health care | No Comments »

PANEL 1

See Sue

(Illustration of small white girl in pigtails running. This is Sue.)

See Sue run.

PANEL 2

See Sue run to public school.

(Illustration of Sue running towards brick building.)

Go, Sue, go!

PANEL 3

See Sue’s Daddy tkae a child-care tax credit.

(Illustation of Sue’s Daddy in foreground filling out some forms while Sue plays with toys on the floor in the background.)

Maybe Daddy will use it to buy Sue more toys!

PANEL 4

See Sue use federal student loans to attend college.

(Illustration of Sue, now a teenager in a cap and gown, receiving a high school diploma.)

Good going, Sue!

PANEL 5

See Sue lower her taxes with the lifetime learning credit.

(Illustration of Sue putting an envelope into a mailbox. This cartoon is certainly action-packed, isn’t it?)

Clever Sue!

PANEL 6

See Sue get a job.

(Illustration of sue wearing goggles and sawing a piece of wood that’s clamped to two sawhorses.)

See the employer tax exclusion make Sue’s health care cheaper.

PANEL 7

See Sue buy a home.

(Illustration of a small house.)

Sue can afford it because of the mortgage deduction!

PANEL 8

See Sue have a baby.

(Illustration of a baby’s pacifier.)

See Sue take the child-tax credit.

PANEL 9

See Sue save for her kid’s college education with a tax-free education savings account.

(Illustration of Sue, now a bit older, filling out forms.)

Good planning Sue!

PANEL 10

See Sue retire.

(Illustration of Sue, now older with white hair, at a retirement party — there are balloons and cake and a man has his arm around her shoulders.)

Now Sue will collect Social Security!

PANEL 11

See Sue get sick.

(Illustration of Sue in a patient’s gown at a doctor’s office, being spoken to by someone holding a clipboard.)

Good thing Sue has Medicare!

PANEL 12

See Sue Forget About All Of That

(Illustration of Sue, wearing a blazer, angrily speaking.)

Sue: When has the government ever helped me?

Funny Sue!