Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Joe The Plumber

This video shows the brief exchange between the man the media has dubbed “Joe The Plumber” and Sen. Barack Obama. Their paths crossed while the senator campaigned door to door in Ohio this past Sunday.
The plumber’s real name is Joe Wurzelbacher, and he’s one of the 5% of upper middle class Americans earning over $250,000 per year who worry that Obama — if elected president — will raise their taxes to “spread the wealth around” to the poor and disenfranchised.
Joe Plumber: “Your new tax plan is going to tax me more. Isn’t it?”
Obama: “It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too. I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

Maybe its just me but if your making over 250,000 a year you are not hurting in any way shape or form. A question like "I make 7.55 an hour and I was wondering if I can get some kind of tax exemptions, you know considering I don't make enough to support myself?" would have been worth answering. Yes your taxes will go up he's been saying that forever, maybe because I'm not in that tax bracket I can't feel Joe's pain but I am almost positive that Joe's been eating well.

You don't believe met look at him!

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