U.S. Imperialism

This picture is depicting Americans moving from "dumpy" areas with problems
such as recession, unemployment, and foreclosures happening in them. The American dad says
something about their "Next big national-building effort" being in this disastrous area, and the mother sarcastically answers that they would "rebuild" it right after they got through with Afghanistan.

The artist is trying to depict that America tries to move in, take over, and attempt to rebuild other countries for economic gains, even though it's obvious that we need to worry about ourselves more than these other countries.

I agree with this, because it seems like we do that a lot. It's happened since America first came to be, and it doesn't always end up too great. We focus on rebuilding and trying to build up some sort of government or economy, but we just end up wasting our time and being more in debt. The sarcasm of the mother when she says "Sure, right after Afghanistan" is saying that our goals for these other countries aren't gonna happen, and that's pretty much the whole point of this political cartoon.