This political cartoon makes a humorous argument about a less than humorous situation. The picture shows a car, high up on a hydraulic lift, which represents Pennsylvania's state budget. The state budget has been "held hostage" for over sixty days, going back and forth between the House and the Senate. Each house of the Pennsylvania legislature, represented by the unsympathetic car mechanic, has "fixed" the state budget according to its own liking. Because the separate houses cannot agree, the budget has still not been passed three months after it constitutionally needed to be. This cartoon makes the argument that the Pennsylvania legislature is not doing its job. It also points out the irony that while the citizens of Pennsylvania(represented by the elderly woman) are being deprived of the services we deserve(state college grants, senior citizen's benefits, and mentally disabled education programs), we are still paying their salaries. I agree with this cartoon because I think it aptly represents our current political situation in PA.
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