This insightful cartoon by cartoonist Chris Wildt criticizes interest groups by showing an adult person, probably a father or a grandfather, telling a little boy that he can be a president when he grows up, but that, if he wants to have power, then he should think about becoming a lobbyist, since they are the ones, so the adult man seems to believe, that can truly effect change, that can really influence the decisions of the government.
If the cartoon is referring to the U.S. context, it is possible to agree with the cartoonist, because lobbying organizations (which are numerous in that country) in the United States have an unquestionable influence on the political realm, with lobbyists that have gone as far as to buy senators' votes in order to make their claims heard and successfully influence the decision making.
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.
In order of succession to the Presidency:
Vice President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
Department of State
Secretary John Kerry
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Department of the Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew
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Department of Defense
Secretary Ashton Carter
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Department of Justice
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
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Department of the Interior
Secretary Sally Jewell
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
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Department of Commerce
Secretary Penny Pritzker
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Department of Labor
Secretary Thomas E. Perez
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Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Julián Castro
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Department of Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx
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Department of Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz
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Department of Education
Secretary John King
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Robert McDonald
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Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Jeh Johnson
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The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:
White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
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Office of Management & Budget
Director Shaun L.S. Donovan
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United States Trade Representative
Ambassador Michael Froman
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United States Mission to the United Nations
Ambassador Samantha Power
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Council of Economic Advisers
Chairman Jason Furman
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Small Business Administration
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet
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