From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is holding two books; the covers are labeled "State budget" and "Voting records." A man labeled "Legislature" bites down on a very large bullet....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A nervous Ronald Reagan is being squeezed between a rock labeled "Budget deficit" and a military tank with the barrel of the gun pointed at his face. Reagan is using a handsaw...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan sits at his desk with a worried look on his face. On his desk are two large books, labeled "Tax cuts" and "Budget cuts," a telephone, and papers labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "City Council" is holding a large book with "$254 million budget" in large letters on the cover. It has three patched areas on the front cover, labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Dave Treen (drawn to resemble the Dickens character Bob Cratchit) sits on a stool at a writing desk, making entries with pen and ink into a large book that is open on the desk....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elderly man labeled "Budget cuts...Tax cuts" is holding an ear trumpet to his year. Ronald Reagan is yelling into the trumpet, "I said I'm considering..." then whispers, "tax...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen sits at a desk in a doctor's office. On the desk in front of him is a stethoscope. Across from Treen is a man labeled "Legislature" sitting in a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan works at a desk, writing on papers. Other papers are scattered on the floor around him. On either side of the desk are large charts on easels. One is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a baseball player with a shirt labeled "Balanced budget team." He is looking upward at a baseball overhead, labeled, "Senate's tax cuts tied to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as a lumberjack, has just chopped down a large tree labeled, "Budget cuts," and it is falling off the stump. Two men labeled "Cities" and "States" are in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards stands beside a sauna where a man labeled "Deficit" is closed up inside. Only his head can be seen, and the facial expression is one of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and a man labeled "Budget director Stockman" stand near a guillotine. A man labeled "Bureaucracy" is on his knees bound with rope, and his head is under the raised...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is trying to walk a high tightrope strung between two tall poles, with no net underneath. The poles are labeled "Expenditures" and "Revenues,"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men stand near the sign that reads, "U.S. Conference of Mayors." One asks, "Why didn't Reagan make an appearance?" The other says, "He sent his hatchet man instead." Around...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan stands beside a bed on which an open suitcase rests. Inside only a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste can be seen. Beside the suitcase is a paper labeled, "Summit...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men, one labeled "Legislature," are standing near an experimental plane labeled, "Balanced state budget (by law)." The man labeled "Legislature" wears pilot's goggles. From...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is at a barn door reaching for a huge padlock labeled, "Balanced budget amendment." A horse labeled "Reagan deficits" runs away into the distance.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "Legislature" is holding a book titled, "No-fat budget" under his arm and a pen in his hand. He is looking at a calendar on the wall and holding up some of its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. David Stockman is dressed as a Cavalry soldier riding on a horse waving a flag which reads, "Raise excise taxes." Arrows are flying at Stockman and the horse. The horse is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, leans back against his desk. He holds a large pair of scissors labeled, "Drastic spending cuts." He is looking...