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Economic Tree Pruning
Two politicians stand in a tree having chainsawed off limbs labelled hospitals nurses public service police leaving foliage for just those at the top - one privileged man happily says "Pruning is really helping growth up here"
Author: Chris Slane
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File state: Final
Cartoon size: 4.1 Mpixels (11.6 MB uncompressed) - 2362x1723 pixels (7.9x5.7 in / 20x14.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Cartoon keywords: 9 March 2012, austerity, Cartoons, cuts, economics, Growth, hospitals, New Zealand, nurses, NZPOL, police, pruning, public, service, spending
Published in: Political Cartoons 2012a
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