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Candidate Defends “Spread-the-Wealth” Philosophy
Semi-News/Semi-Satire | 17 Oct 2008 | John Semmens

Posted on 10/17/2008 7:39:36 PM PDT by John Semmens

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To: billmor

I have friends who have small businesses that make in the 500K range. They pay out plenty. One owns a plumbing business. he employs 3 part time kids. He is not rich. Another owns 2 gas stations, and he works 15 hours a day, makes over 700K, employs many people. They are not rich, they pay out a lot. Obama is out of touch with mainstreet America


21 posted on 10/17/2008 9:20:28 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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This BS from someone who lets his brother in Kenya live on $12.00 a year. YEAH SPREAD THE WEALTH YOU A#$HOLE.


22 posted on 10/17/2008 10:09:44 PM PDT by snowman1 (SHAMNESTY.)
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“Look, $250,000 is a lot of money,”

For a business with 24 employees, that would be $10,000/employee and $10,000 for the owner if there were no other expenses. Note that Obama referred to revenues, not profits, in his answer to JTP. I don't think $10K/employee is a lot of money. Does anyone else here think that?

23 posted on 10/17/2008 10:48:39 PM PDT by supercat
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To: billmor
‘Least of all a plumber’..my my, arten’t we getting a bit elitist there MR hopes to be president.

Satire. Fooled me too at first.

Still, in Obama's answer to BTP he referred to $250K/year of revenue as being a dividing line. For a company of ten employees, that wouldn't be much at all. For a company of twenty-four employees, that's be a pittance.

24 posted on 10/17/2008 10:51:19 PM PDT by supercat
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