Inflation

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In this cartoon, there are three objects coming at the man. One is a doctor and his clipboard reads "health costs". The other is a cash register roll which says "food prices", and the other is a gas pipe that says "gas prices". The man's face speaks clearly for itself. He is frightened and looks unsure of what to do and how to handle all the raising prices. All three things are crucial; food, health care, and gas for your car.

Recently, due to the Libya turmoil, gas prices have risen. Along with gas prices, food has gone up also. You need gas to transport the food around and if the gas is expensive, the food is going to be too. Health costs have also slowly risen. More and more people are not going to the doctors for treatment because they either have no insurance or they can't afford it.

 

Japan Tsunami

The cartoon reads Japan and it has a tsunami around it, describing the latest earthquake/tsunami. The word Japan is breaking and it looks like its about to shatter due to the impact of the tsunami. It is also floating in water. The point the artist is trying to prove is that the tsunami shattered Japan's economy. Japan is the third largest economy in the world and the tsunami caught it off-guard. Over 10,000 people are dead, millions are out of power, clean water and food. The nuclear power plants are having a meltdown and exposing high amounts of radiation. Japan has always been ready for earthquakes with its strong infrastructure, but with all the tsunami damage, Japan needs some major rebuilding.

State Budget Cuts

The cartoon's caption on the kid's book bag says "state budget cuts" and the boy's shirt says education.The cartoon is using the boy and the heavy book bag to show how big the state budget cuts will be for education. The artist is trying to say that cutting spending on education will affect students/teachers causing a strain, using the heavy book bag as an example. The cartoonist is obviously not in favor of the budget cuts. 

Pennsylvania's governor Corbett recently proposed the nation's biggest cuts of state funding of local school districts and public four-year colleges by 50%, which would increase many PA universities' tuition. He is doing this instead of taxing the gas drilling industries. 

Crazy Gadhafi

In the cartoon, there are no words but the image is speaking a thousand words. There is a hand and on the sleeve is a flag of Libya. The hand is holding Gadhafi in a nutcracker. The artist is using the nutcracker to portray how hard of a "nut" Gadhafi is to crack. Libya is trying hard and yet Gadhafi refuses to give in. 

The cartoonist is most likely a liberal because he has drawn a picture in support of the Libyan's effort to break Gadhafi's rule, therefore showing that he is pro-democracy. 

This political cartoon is related to the current turmoil in Libya. Inspired by Egypt, Libyans want to remove Gadhafi from his 42 year rule. However Gadhafi is being defiant and blaming the Al-Qaeda for the violence and killing.