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"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."
"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1964
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 3/16 × 13 1/16 in. (30.9 × 33.1 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 × 13 1/16 in. (30.9 × 33.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1523
"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
"I say there, International Accord, you stay on the stage until Prosperity finishes."
"I say there, International Accord, you stay on the stage until Prosperity finishes."
Alan Dunn
1927
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
Alan Dunn
1968
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
Alan Dunn
1955
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
Alan Dunn
1944
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Well, I hardly know where to begin."
"Well, I hardly know where to begin."
Alan Dunn
1940
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
Alan Dunn
1974