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Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
11-18-1962
Description
Cartoon depicts the "taxpayer" riding atop a missile "Defense Spending" which has "50 Billion a Year" in exhaust fumes. The government announced that the federal budget deficit for the year was around $7.8 billion. A major reason was the cost of the Cuban crisis, estimated at $100 million.
Alternative title: Where Will It Stop?
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
United States
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Taxpayer, Defense Spending, Deficit, Taxation, Defense spending, Budget deficits, Rocket engines--Exhaust emissions, Budget, Planets, Rockets (Aeronautics)