Political cartoons for September 1

Tuesday's political cartoons include rolling debt, down payments, and GOP answers

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Uncle Sam runs down a hill as he is chased by a giant boulder labeled “$40 trillion national debt.” He says, “I don’t know (huff) how much longer (puff) I can pretend it’s not there!!”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This is a two-panel cartoon. On the left side, a man in a suit holds a glass of champagne and toasts two people outside a house. The two people are in silhouette. The man says, “Congratulations on the purchase of your first house!” On the right side, the homebuyers are revealed as an elderly man with a cane and an elderly woman. The elderly man says, “Only took us 52 years to save for the down payment.”

(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2026 Creators Syndicate)

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