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Trump, Sanders, and Political Humor

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Vermont Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, and billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump, right. (Photos: AP/Getty)

After yesterday’s ponderous and detailed discussion of tax compliance, it’s time for some levity. So let’s have some fun with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.

And we’ll start with the crazy Senator from Vermont. I’m surprised that I haven’t seen more Sanders-specific humor. I’m probably missing some examples, but a quick look through my archives reveals only the cartoon at the bottom of this article and the satirical poster included below.

Bernie Sanders Poster

A guy this crazy deserves more attention.

So here’s the Sanders version of the monopoly game, courtesy of Mark Perry, the must-read economist at the American Enterprise Institute.

The best part of the game is the description of how everyone decides the best option is to stop being productive and wait for handouts.

Sort of the same message from this Wizard-of-Id parody.

By the way, I have lots of material mocking socialism (see here and here), so we can count that as being anti-Sanders humor (even if he’s not even a real socialist).

Now let’s shift to “The Donald.” I don’t know how to classify him from a philosophical perspective–probably because he doesn’t have a coherent set of principles–but he is an entertaining figure.

That being said, I think I’ve only had one column that included Trump humor.

So let’s atone for that oversight. This World-according-to-Trump map is quite clever.

Very similar to the very amusing how-the-Greeks-see-Europe map I shared back in 2011.

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Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and a top expert on tax reform and supply-side tax policy. Mitchell’s articles can be found in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, and the Washington Times. He is the author of "The Flat Tax: Freedom, Fairness, Jobs, and Growth," and co-author of "Global Tax Revolution: The Rise of Tax Competition and the Battle to Defend It."

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