Randall Enos: Prices Eat Money

Posted by admin on Thursday, February 17, 2022

 

 

“Marge and Ed thought, that given the rising cost of food, it might be cheaper if they just ate their money” — Randall Enos

 

 

In this editorial cartoon by Randall Enos, Marge and Ed are contemplating that with rising food prices, it may actually be more affordable for them to eat their money rather than use it to buy groceries. The cartoonist is making a humorous yet pointed commentary on inflation and the rising cost of living.

As prices increase significantly at the grocery store, the cartoon suggests it is getting so expensive for some families to put food on the table that eating the money itself would paradoxically be more worthwhile from a nutritional standpoint.

This satirical take highlights the real economic challenges faced by many when basic necessities become less and less attainable, and wryly implies the value of money is declining to the point it may be better consumed than spent on overpriced food.