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Harry Mace
June 12, 1954
Dan McCormick
June 9, 1956
Bill Yates
June 8, 1957
Dave Hirsch
May 25, 1957
Al Kaufman
May 12, 1956
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I have set up college accounts for all my grandchildren and now one of them has two children of their Own and wants five more. Where’s that poor house when you need it? It use to be just over the hill but it’s getting closer all the time.
lt is not funny that today Americans owe $2 trillion in student loans.
I notice that every grad in these cartoons is a male. That tells us a lot about society during this period.
Number 5 is my favorite here. Mom & Dad have obviously been driven into the poor house, even in 1956. Hopefully it was worthwhile back then. We know (overall) today it is not, and hasn’t for a long time now.
What’s a parent to do? Well, you might encourage that son or daughter to get some hands-on training in a skill or trade with a real return on investment. If they insist on college, then they need to get a full scholarship, so you’re not on a nightmare hook of a train, speeding you into the poor house either.