Cartoon of the Week: Birds of a Feather

In this cartoon by Bill Day the major icons are Mitt Romney and a vulture roosted atop his smiley-faced head labeled vulture capitalism. The vulture in connection with Mitt Romney's happiness connects the vulture with Mitt Romney. It is obviously a response to Mitt Romney's tax report detailing his close to 15% tax rate over the course of a year which he manages to maintain, even being worth hundreds of millions of dollars, through investments in the stock market and other similar means which have reduced tax rates. Thus, the vulture depicts Mitt Romney as a scavenger trying to pick up as much cash as he can possibly obtain from the economy. This isn't anything new. While Newt points out the low tax rate as does Bill in this cartoon, low tax rates upon the top 1% of the American People is not uncommon. In fact the economy was made in favor of those that already had money. The economy is oriented in this way because the framers of the constitution as well as the majority of congressmen have worked towards "keeping the status quo." Bill is obviously displaying his resentment for Mitt Romney by associating him with a vulture due to his substantially low taxes.