Posted on 10/20/2008 9:05:11 AM PDT by Invisigoth
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a.k.a “Joe the Plumber,” was in his Holland, Ohio home, minding his own business when he looked out the window and saw Sen. Barack Obama doing neighborhood canvassing. Joe seized the opportunity to ask the Democratic presidential candidate a tax policy question that has resonated with the American people.
Joe walked up to Sen. Obama and asked him if he believed in the American dream. He tells the candidate that he intended to purchase a plumbing business that made more than $250,000 per year, and then asked him, “You’re tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?”
Sen. Obama gave a politician’s explanation why he would raise Joe’s taxes, and then made an off-the-cuff remark: “. . . I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Joe had singlehandedly managed to get him to admit that his tax policy was designed to raise taxes on people earning over $250,000 for the purpose of redistributing it to those who didn’t – the classic definition of socialism.
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As if there is a law criminalizing "impersonating a plumber"?
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