Cartoon 31: News Buffet
Selected references: AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, The Hill, Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center.
Cartoon 28: Work From Home
Selected references: Stanford, CNBC, Psychology Today.
Cartoon 27: Toilet Paper
Selected References: CNN, CBS News, Fandom, YouTube (Cornholio).
Jokes aside, COVID-19 is no joke, so please make sure to follow appropriate health precautions to protect yourself and the people around you from the novel coronavirus (but don’t hoard toilet paper!)
For information about COVID-19, visit the COVID-19 page which includes charts of COVID-19 case data for San Francisco.
Cartoon 21: Government Shutdown
Selected References: Vox, National Geographic, Economist, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, The Balance, Sales Tax Handbook, Internal Revenue Service.
Acknowledgement: The main premise of this cartoon is based on the referenced tax article from The Economist which points out that “If you are a high earner in a rich country and you lack a good accountant, you probably spend about half the year working for the state. If you are an average earner, not even an accountant can spare you taxes on your payroll and spending.” In this context, “the state” includes all forms of government: federal, state, and local.