I got an idea! If it's good, I'll cash in!
A grinning cartoon worker in overalls leaps with a finger at his temple, surrounded by a yellow burst and floating dollar signs. The headline says he has an idea and the bottom panel says he will cash in if it is good. The technique is faint: it shows only the money reward for a workplace suggestion and nothing of the costs or odds.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1034 (NAID 514560).
Text on the object
I got an IDEA ! If it's good— I'll cash in ! [signature:] PACKER LITHO IN U. S. A. [illegible] Copyright, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc., NEW YORK
