This cartoon appeared in a magazine in 1947 at the height of the post-WW2 housing boom when demand was high and affordable housing availability low. Replace "congressmen" with "council members," and you have NYC in 2007.
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Thanks for the insight into the past. Interesting that lobbyists were big players back then too, and how the lobbyist in the cartoon is portrayed as a big, fat bastard.
Actually, taking a second look, they're all fat bastards. I guess this caroonist knew what he was doing.
This cartoon appeared in a magazine in 1947 at the height of the post-WW2 housing boom when demand was high and affordable housing availability low. Replace "congressmen" with "council members," and you have NYC in 2007.
2 comments:
Thanks for the insight into the past. Interesting that lobbyists were big players back then too, and how the lobbyist in the cartoon is portrayed as a big, fat bastard.
Actually, taking a second look, they're all fat bastards. I guess this caroonist knew what he was doing.
The difference was this would be published in the 40s or 50s.
Today, that would never happen.
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