"One of these days"
Revolution is afoot in Herb Block's drawing of frowning figures rolling a guillotine toward the Bastille-like walls of "Royal Congress Palaces." In a banner unfurled from the U.S. Capitol reading "Government By the Congressmen For the Congressmen," Block adapted hallowed phrases from Lincoln's Gettysburg address, "government by the people, for the people." In 1978, there were reports of Democratic congressmen taking bribes, receiving large fees for speaking, and accepting lavish gifts. Passage of Proposition 13 in June in California enacted large state tax cuts, possibly inspiring Block's dream of a Proposition 14 that would unseat corrupt incumbents.
Revolution is afoot in Herb Block's drawing of frowning figures rolling a guillotine toward the Bastille-like walls of "Royal Congress Palaces." In a banner unfurled from the U.S. Capitol reading "Government By the Congressmen For the Congressmen," Block adapted hallowed phrases from Lincoln's Gettysburg address, "government by the people, for the people." In 1978, there were reports of Democratic congressmen taking bribes, receiving large fees for speaking, and accepting lavish gifts. Passage of Proposition 13 in June in California enacted large state tax cuts, possibly inspiring Block's dream of a Proposition 14 that would unseat corrupt incumbents.