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"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."

"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1944
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (18.1 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (18.1 × 33.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0937
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:
"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:
Alan Dunn
1969
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
Alan Dunn
1971
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
Alan Dunn
1961
"I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense about the bad effects of too much T.V. viewing."
"I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense about the bad effects of too much T.V. viewing."
Alan Dunn
1961
"But why should I pay twice as much just for a view?"
"But why should I pay twice as much just for a view?"
Alan Dunn
1940