In a nation of endless opportunity, injustice has been allowed to prevail. What sort of society are we that so heavily taxes it's wealthiest and most successful citizens, effectively taking away their rewards for all of their hard work, and hands it down to the most needy and impoverished, allowing them to be lazy and feed off of the teat of the government? Who will defend these great Americans who embody the spirit of capitalism? Why, the Republican Party of course!
That was sarcasm, in case that wasn't blatantly obvious. This is one of the better cartoons I've seen lately. Matson is clearly a liberal, who thinks that the GOP's coddling off the super wealthy is simply ridiculous. The key object in this cartoon is the boy in Santa's lap, Richie Rich, the main character from a cartoon series about an extremely wealthy boy and how he must defend his vast fortune from countless people who want to get their hands on it. The secondary object are the Christmas list, which reads "tax cuts," and Santa himself, who is the GOP symbol, the elephant. Matson uses a combination of ridicule and satire, driven home by the cultural reference to Richie Rich. The caption at the bottom and the look of disgust on the elephant's face indicate the GOP's displeasure at not being able to offer any tax cuts to the wealthy this year.
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