Wages Cartoons

"Of course, the money's good, but it's the teeth that keep me coming back."

Your Pizza Dollar

"It's a fabulous deal. You'll make peanuts."

"Someday, son, all this will be mine."

"I've never said this to a woman before, but here goes: We're not paying you enough."

"Great. You move to Mexico, and we all end up working at McDonald's."

"Whatever the economy is doing, it's doing it without me."

"Don't worry - if we double the minimum wage it will still be nothing."

"Your interest in the salary makes me wonder how 'self-motivated' you really are."

"For Pete's sake, stupid! It won't help anything if we boycott lettuce."

"See? This is why I get the big bucks."

"Do you ever feel like you're just here for the paycheck?"

"I'm a job creator - I never claimed to be a fair wage-and-benefits creator."

3:00 pm - Meet the author

"You're making more at this firm than anyone else whose brain is the size of a walnut."

"I wish I had a salary that disgusted people."

"Bottoms up."

"Sure, we need affordable housing - just so long as it doesn't come at the expense of unaffordable housing."

"O.K., I'll explain it one more time. Sometimes even very successful careers come to an end, and you have to teach the things you were once paid to do in order to make rent."

"Let's talk comparable worth."

"I'll go to my room and do my homework, but I want time and a half."

"I feel like a man trapped in a woman's salary."

"I'm sorry if my income is hurtful to you."

"As far as I'm concerned, they can do what they want with the minimum wage, just as long as they keep their hands off the maximum wage."

"Look - we'll whistle when it's fifteen dollars an hour."