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The intended message of my cartoon is that trickle down economy is not guaranteed to work. The GOP can not force the rich to spend more by giving them tax breaks, so there is no guarantee that it is going to trickle down to the people with less money. I used the example of a teacher and students to portray the message of my cartoon. Teachers always tell young children that “sharing is caring”, but a lot of the time the children do not end up sharing the toy. I titled my political cartoon “TRICKLE DOWN” in case people did not get the analogy through the drawing. I think the piece would be effective propaganda because Trump is planning on giving the biggest tax break to the rich and corporations since Ronald Reagan. That being said, tax breaks

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