The political cartoon I found this week titled “The Ball Drop, 2009” features the globe falling down along an arrow labeled “economy.” A New Year’s celebrater stands by watching the Earth falling. The cartoon symbolizes how the year 2008 was financially horrible for most Americans, affecting nations worldwide as well. Hopes are up for this year’s economy taking a rebound, and the stock market managed to close above 9,000 points (which it hasn’t in quite some time). However, it is expected to go back down as the markets usually do after some days of growing numbers. This morning, the Dow Jones was down 78 points, ending below 9,000 again to about 8872.00 (according to CNN Money).
There is a lot of optimism for the year 2009, even though this political cartoon doesn’t really show it. The political cartoon seems to have a little more of a “helpless” feeling compared to the optimism that was going around during the New Years. I remember on Fox during the night of New Years, people that were interviewed predicted that the economy would get better by Christmas or December. When ever it will, people all over the world are hoping it will be some time soon.
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