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Will Caron: Let Them Eat Cake

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

By Will Caron

November 2, 2025 · 1 min read

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

Click to enlarge. (Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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Now the White House is refusing to comply with the order.Or just pay half, sometime in the future.It's a great look for a government, making poor people even poorer to fund tax cuts for the 1%.

jimiray22 · 5 months ago

Sorry Will - you went for the old "Let them eat cake" saw a bit too energetically:"On Friday, Trump wrote on Truth social following McConell's ruling "I do not want Americans to go hungry," adding "[I] ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. . . . If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding."

Kapalama · 6 months ago

Mahālo nui, Mr. Caron, for all of your artistic and witty contributions.After almost 40 years of tracking child well-being and education issues, it BMH that very little to nothing has changed to mālama keiki. Yet, no matter the Sysiphean nature of ke kuleana, we cannot stop trying to educate and mālama each other (as humorously as possible!), and fighting for truly beneficial, sustained solutions. Mālama pono!

Shoshin2165 · 6 months ago

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