Posted on 10/20/2008 9:41:36 AM PDT by IrishMike
This Election Day could usher in a crushing blow to the American dream.
Within hours of meeting Joe the Plumber, Americans from all over the country flooded my inbox with their stories.
Joe the Plumber, as so many who watched the final presidential debate of the 2008 election know, is Joe Wurzelbacher, from Holland, Ohio, who wants to buy a small business but knows it’s going to hurt under an Obama administration’s tax plan.
Jarringly, when Joe told Obama of his worry during a campaign stop, the Illinois senator said, “It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance at success, too. I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
The meeting created an opportunity for John McCain during that last debate, at Hofstra University in New York. By the next day, McCain was declaring Joe the victor. McCain said, during a rally in Downingtown, Penn.: “We had a good debate last night. I thought I did pretty well, but . . . the real winner last night was Joe the Plumber.”
McCain continued, “Small businesses provide 16 million jobs in America, and Americans know that raising taxes on small businesses will kill those jobs at a time when we need to be creating more jobs.” He moved to a rousing conclusion that clearly resonated with the crowd: “America didn’t become the greatest nation on earth by spreading the wealth; we became the greatest nation by creating new wealth.”
Meanwhile, another Joe, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Biden, said on The Today Show that, “I don’t have any Joe the Plumbers in my neighborhood that make $250,000 a year,”
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That's called ‘institutionalized theft'. Maybe Mr. 'Hope and Change' thought no on would notice.
That isn't what he said. McCain said we "became the greatest nation by creating new OPPORTUNITIES."
That is because Biden's neighbors, and himself, all make ten times that and the property values are in the millions. Kind of hard for a poor working slob only making 250K to afford unless it was with a subprime loan.
I think a good plumber in certain areas of our country certainly can make $250,000. Especially those who are plumbers for the Bidens, etc.
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