Okay another political rant...
So if you watched the debate last night you are certainly familiar with Joe the Plumber. Everyone seems to be fascinated with this guy and McCain was excited to use him as a political pawn in his talking points. Well I did a little extra research that I guarantee most people won't do and let's think about this for a minute.
By the way if you have six minutes you should watch the original exchange between the two. I was very impressed with how Obama responded to him - despite the fact this guy instantly seems quite confrontational.
Okay now to business...
1. Joe the Plumber is not a licensed Plumber - he feels he "doesn't need one"
2. Joe the Plumber does not currently earn over $250,000, "not even close" as he put it, despite this being what he told Obama which apparently was a hypothetical.
3. In Obama's plan, a business making over $250,000 would be in a higher bracket - but lets think about this business for a minute - this would be a company that takes in $250,000 in profit AFTER paying all his employee's, his health care for his employees, his operating expenses, and everything else - INCLUDING A NICE SALARY FOR HIMSELF AS THE CEO. So after all that if there is still a $250,000 profit for the company yes he would be paying 39% taxes as opposed to 36%.
I would be pretty darn happy if I owned a company that paid me a nice $249,999 in salary and was able to pay and provide a decent living for my employees and then still take in over $250,000 - especially if it were an un-licensed plumbing company - so much so that I doubt 36-39 percent would be a problem.
Joe...come on...we know you are a McCainy - I hope people realize how stupid this whole thing is and Joe the Plumber doesn't create cause for a McCain re-surge...
wes, i watched the debated last night well 30 minutes of it. it is the first one i watched and i found it rather childish. are they all like that?
ReplyDeleteI agree with ya Wes! I agree with you too Kim! This whole Political thing is dumb if you ask me. I wish there was some way to get a straight story so I knew who I was voting for!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much of this whole thing was a setup.
ReplyDeleteDo you think Joe was a plant by McCain. McCain is an idiot. All of his desperate attempts seem to backfire, from playing the gender card to turning the page on the economy( that one lasted about one day) and even postponing his campaign (too bad that one wasn't a bit longer, say 30 days). He's an idiot! And Joe is just another one of his pawns, kind of like poor Sarah.