Oct 16 2008
Joe The Plumber may just have given McCain the Presidency!
This one’s for you Bill - considering you called this last night!
By now - every one of us has probably seen Joe Wurzelbacher all over the talk shows today - in addition to the press conference he gave outside of his home today. Joe The Plumber is the every day Joe America who just wants a piece of the American dream and he called out Obama on this on Tuesday - and that soundbite hit the airwaves immediately.
Obama showed his true socialist tendencies in his response to Joe. Joe is concerned that Obama’s tax plan would tax punish his success. Obama’s response (totally paraphrasing here) is that he believes that if Joe makes it, then everyone who follows behind Joe should be able to make it..and the way to do that is to “spread around the wealth.” In that one conversation - Obama has shown that he will increase taxes and will then redistribute those taxes to the poor - the ones who aren’t doing the hard work to be successful. This is indeed socialism at its best. This is not what this country was founded on.
Once Joe The Plumber started hitting the circuit and really telling it like it is on every topic from taxes to the war in Iraq - it didn’t take very long for the Obama media to start blasting this guy. The Obama campaign and the media are attacking Joe The Plumber for speaking out against Obama. When they are attacking him for his beliefs - they are attacking the rest of us who just want to succeed without government interference.
The cry from the media and from Biden now is that Joe The Plumber doesn’t make $250,000/year and in fact would get a tax break under Obama’s plan. This is where Obama, you guys on the left who support his socialist ideology, and the media just got it all wrong. You don’t understand middle-America - and you don’t understand what Joe was getting at. Joe NEVER said he was making $250,000 a year. What Joe said is that he has been busting his ass to be successful and to be able to buy the business from his employer. Joe has plans to grow that business. Joe has plans to hire more employees to become successful and make it on his own. Joe’s point was that should he in fact build his business, Obama will tax him for becoming successful. Not only would Obama tax him for becoming successful, under Obama’s health care plans - now Joe would be required to pay for health insurance for his employees or be fined even more!
Joe pointed out the great flaw in Obama’s plan. Obama’s health insurance plan and tax plan does indeed discourage growth and success. Who in their right mind would want to grow a business to the $250,000 point and beyond knowing what is in store for them? The Small Business Administration reports that 50.9% of all businesses in this country are small businesses and employ 65% of the entire workforce. Of that 50.9% - 25% make $250,000 and above - that means that 75% of small businesses don’t make $250,000 - not the 98% that Obama and Biden keep saying.
Under Obama’s plan - none of those small businesses will want to grow. Obama’s plan discourages growth which means there will be less jobs and less tax revenue coming in. Joe aptly pointed out in his interview today that who’s to say that Obama won’t decide one day that $250,000 isn’t low enough? Who’s to say that Obama won’t decide to lower that amount to $150,000. Under Obama’s plan - that is possible.
Joe The Plumber has so clearly and succinctly stated to the entire nation what John McCain could not. It is for this reason that I believe once it sinks in with all those independents and small business owners who want to succeed - there will be a shift towards McCain. Both Zogby and Rasmussen are reporting Obama with a 4 point and 5 point lead (respectively) which is still within the margin of error. The Independents are the key to this race - and - it looks like now that Obama slipped up and made his socialist policy of wealth redistribution known publicly - they will start running from him.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Really, that’s all I’ve got left. The guy was a McCain shill. Not only is he a liar, he’s a bad liar, which makes him a perfect McCain gimmick.
In three days, no one will care about Sam the Contractor who works under his boss’ license for $40k a year. You know, the tax bracket that will greatly benefit under Obama’s tax plan. And he should really dig that, because he owes almost $1,200 in back taxes.
Thanks for the shout out. I for one think that Joe the Plumber is far too inexperienced for the presidency.
Who in their right mind would not want to grow a business beyond the $250,000 threshold? Your taxes would go up, but you wouldn’t be paying more than you make in income. Republicans have to keep in mind that the middle class is hurting bad right now, and not every American making less than a quarter of a million dollars is lazy. “Socialism” isn’t a bad word.
I’m still astounded that a plumber can make $250,000 in a year! You guys sure have expensive pipes in the US!
To me it sounds like wishful thinking. Heard somewhere that Joe-the-plumber could even be related to McCain. Haven’t time to confirm that (too busy trying to make my own $250,000) but interesting theory!
“Haven’t time to confirm that (too busy trying to make my own $250,000)”
That’s pretty funny!
Actually, we have many plumbers that make more than $250,000/yr - They are the one’s that Joe wants to be. A good plumbing contractor who builds his business and gets hooked up with homebuilders can make a very comfortable living. Additionally, we have national plumbing businesses such as RotoRooter and Mr. Rooter - just to name a few - that started off as small businesses.