I’m a big fan of Chuck Asay’s political cartoons. My favorite is his nothing-left-to-steal masterpiece.
And his tractor cartoon and his regime-uncertainty cartoon are brilliant indictments of Obamanomics.
Here’s another classic. It shows the impact of the welfare state on incentives for work, self reliance, and independence.
In six cartoon frames, he cleverly explains the economics of labor supply in a welfare state. Heck, there are many economists who could learn something from Asay’s work.
With gems like this, no wonder he came in second place in my political cartoonist contest.
This unsigned Wizard-of-Id parody has the same basic message about labor supply and handouts, and here’s a chart with some staggering real-world evidence of how the welfare state discourages people from productive behavior.
