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Kind of crazy that a 1913 Puck cartoon is almost 100% relevant to day.

I'd just delete the word "reassuring".

An old political cartoon showing a white haired uncle sam character in blue stars jacked and red stripe pants looking away from the viewer at two different fun house mirrors, both labeled "Seeing is believing" Both have men in suits trying to show how good their option is. One is a horizontally bent out mirror for the democratic majority showing a plump well off uncle sam. The other is a vertically bent out mirror for the republican majority showing a gaunt hungry looking uncle sam. The text is Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him.
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Diane
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No I have no idea who was pushing tariffs in 1913.
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Another always relevant comic for #USPol

We just need to swap out the names of some of the companies so it's now things like microsoft, google, amazon, exxonmobil, at&t, boeing. etc.

An early 1900s cartoon labeled the bosses of the senate. There's a bunch of small men, presumably senators, hunched over small wooden desks. Behind them are a bunch of gigantic overweight men in top hats and black jackets, but their shirt looks like a giant bag of money. Their a labeled things like: Steel beem trust, Copper trust, Standard Oil, Coal. Behind them is a door way labeled entrance for monopolists.
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