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“Deficit Saloon” (September 5, 1984) by Phillip Bissell

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Title:	“Deficit Saloon” (September 5, 1984) by Phillip Bissell
Artist:	Phillip Bissell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	238
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Added to Site:	1/26/2020
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“Deficit Saloon” (September 5, 1984)
by Charles Phillip Bissell (1926 -)
11.5 x 17.5, ink and wash on board

In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team the Boston Patriots. You better have a cartoon ready for tomorrow’s edition.’” Bissel’s “Pat Patriot” cartoon was the Patriot’s logo from 1961-1992.
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session held by Ronald Reagan at the ``Choosing a Future'' Conference in Chicago, Illinois (September 5, 1984):

“From day one, the driving force behind everything we've done in economic policy from reducing the growth of Federal spending, which soared over 17 percent in 1980 alone, to lowering tax rates and providing new incentives for business investment, to cutting back the jungle of regulations, to supporting stable monetary policies has been to put our future back in the people's hands, so working Americans could… “

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“… make America great again.”

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