From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is labeled "Dutch Reagan" and is dressed in the clothing, cap, and wooden shoes reminiscent of the boy in the Hans Brinker story. Reagan stands before a high wall...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk looking worried. On his desk is a huge book with several bookmarks, the largest labeled "Deficit." Behind Reagan on the wall, the portrait of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a desk with a "Regional Transit Authority" nameplate. He appears to be rolling up his shirt sleeves. Behind him on the wall is a large poster, the top half of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An man with an elephant head sits at a desk in an office in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol dome can be seen through the window in the background. The elephant is reading a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is a bomb decorated with an upside down American flag and labeled "Another hike in the debt ceiling." In the background, Ronald Reagan and the Republican...
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.President Lyndon Johnson is reading a book titled "Budget figures for next fiscal year," with the aid of bifocals. Three bookmarks in the pages are labeled "Deficit." The bifocal...
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. A very large man labeled "Deficits" is underneath a hospital bed on hands and knees, as if trying to crawl under it. The bed is off the floor by several feet. The patient in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a magician, is reaching deep into his upturned top hat and appears anxious. The hat is on a table, and the setting is a magic show...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk with a sign on it that reads, "Installment tax cuts." A large man labeled "Growing deficits" sits in a chair beside the desk and says to...
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. This cartoon has two parts. In one part, President Lyndon Johnson in Western clothing sits at his desk at the LBJ Ranch in Texas. The desk has many scattered papers and a rustic...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a housepainter, kneels on the floor with a paintbrush in his hand and the paint bucket nearby. Looking back over his shoulder, he sees he has painted...
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 strong man with long, shaggy hair is labeled "Trust fund deficits" across his chest. He stands between columns that are holding up a pediment labeled "Social Security." With a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The devil, holding a pitchfork and labeled "Deficit," is whispering in Reagan's ear, "They'll all respect you for hanging tough in budget compromise talks."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon a large Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a cowboy, wears a big campaign button with the words, "You never had it so good." In the background, a woman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is driving a car labeled "U.S." at high speed down the unprotected road that is descending around a cliff. He passes a sign with "Caution" and a sharply curving arrow....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a cowboy, stands in the corner of a room holding a dripping paint brush. A bucket of paint labeled "LBJ's fiscal policies" is nearby, and he has...
