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Will Caron: Great Demarcations

There are always winners and losers in every proposed budget, but some of the guests at this year’s budget banquet might be consuming more than makes sense, while others could use more than breadcrumbs.

By Will Caron

December 23, 2024 · 1 min read

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2024

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Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author鈥檚 own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat鈥檚 views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at 聽info@willcaronhawaii.com.

There are always winners and losers in every proposed budget, but some of the guests at this year’s budget banquet might be consuming more than makes sense, while others could use more than breadcrumbs.

(Will Caron/Civil Beat/2024)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author鈥檚 own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat鈥檚 views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at 聽info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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Sadly, fat-cats feeding at the public trough is an image that never goes out of style.Will's Dickensian version of the image takes his readers back to the nineteenth century when Thomas Nast was using it to satirize Tammany Hall in NYC.

jimiray22 · 3 weeks ago

How is it that a legislature chock full of Democrats manages to write tax policy that Republicans would be eager to vote for?

jimiray22 · 3 weeks ago

Thank you, will, for another great cartoon! Unfortunately, the huge tax cut for, primarily, the wealthy ate up all the possible funding for important social programs. Gov. Green picked a couple to help, but left out most of Hawaii's population needs. Shame! Perhaps the legislature will do better, though I wouldn't count on it--they passed the tax cut bill, after all.

JusticePlease · 3 weeks ago

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