Most of you here will recognize this image:
For those of you who don't, a brief explanation:
The underpants gnomes appear in an episode of "South Park" where the father of Tweek (one of the schoolkids) has received an offer from "Harbucks" to buy out his coffee shop. Tweek's father enlist the boys to write a paper about the evils of big corporations and how small family businesses are better for the economy. The boy's get a lesson in economics from the "underpants gnomes", small creatures who for mysterious reasons steal people's underwear.
As seen in their chart, their explanation on how profit is made leaves a bit to be desired. It looks a lot like the economic policies being espoused by most Republicans running for Congress these days:
Lower taxes on the rich = ? = more jobs for everyone
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