Friday, October 17, 2008

who is joe the plumber

How high is the sky?, how deep is the ocean? who is Joe the plumber?

It was interesting to watch the final presidential debate a couple of days. Joe the plumber was mentioned quite a lot of times. After watching some video interviews of the mysterious Joe the plumber you can just conclude that is "yet another right wing nut". O believe me just the couple of minutes of interview and a non zero IQ was all you need to understand that. So whats his problem? Well it seems that our good old Joe wants to buy his plumbing business. This wonderful business makes more than $250000 income, a range which gets taxed 3% higher in Obama's plan. Well he is upset, now now how is going to buy this business (in which he currently works).. after all he still owes IRS a lil more than thousand dollars ? well this part lets just say it is "magic". So the "American Dream" of Joe the plumber is all shattered because he has to pay 3% extra tax. But well one may say are we along with our humble Joe the plumber counting the chicken before they hatch.. ehh in this case we are counting chickens with no eggs at all. But I guess it is idea of redistribution of wealth that bothers Joe. I mean rightfully so does that makes us socialist!!!

The one word which republicans hate : socialist... you are just few steps away from becoming godless communists. But again are'nt taxes itself a way of redistribution of welath? I would say that in the bush administration there has been a redistribution of wealth... yeah the money from the less fortunate has been redistributed to the rich. Case and point the almost trillion dollar bail out plan. I think it is not the redistribution which bothers republicans..it is directions in which it goes. In all what surprises me is that an average Joe the plumber, who in his own words is now where making close to $250000, who owes IRS back taxes is freaking about taxing more for those who have more.

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