Ok, itapos;s time to get some facts straight about Joe Wurzelbacher (aka, "Joe the Plumber").� It is beyond absurd that McCain is trying to use this man to support his campaign, and itapos;s beyond time certain points about the man are brought up every time McCain mentions him so we can bury this nonsense once and for all.�
First (and least), Joe is not actually a plumber: he does not have a license to be one.� Instead, he works for a plumbing company.*�
Second, his finances indicate that he has no intention of buying this company in the near future.
Third, Joe did not mention that this company he works for makes a GROSS profit of just over $250,000 (which is fairly respectable for a two-person business).� This means, after expenses are figured in and the Adjusted Gross Income is determined, the company makes nowhere near enough to be taxed more by Obamaapos;s plan than McCainapos;s.
Fourth, Joe himself would actually pay less in taxes under Obamaapos;s plan than McCainapos;s.� Ironically, he is actually the poster child for who Obama is targeting for his tax relief.
Fifth, Joeapos;s concern over paying taxes is strange considering he owes over $12,000 in back taxes to the state of Ohio.
In short, Joe is not a small business owner, but rather a jerk who tried to grab 15 minutes of fame while trying to "stick it" to Obama with false and misleading information.� He misrepresented himself in order to make Obama look bad and then used his exposure to try to promote his own radical, right-wing perspective.� Itapos;s bad enough that he presented a hypothetical situation as if it were reality, but then he distorted it in order to make it look like Obamaapos;s somehow "hurting" him.� Of course, when the discrepancies were noticed by members of the press and he started to get challenged, he suddenly no longer wanted to talk to anyone.
I guess what Iapos;m trying to say is, it would be really nice if McCain would stop encouraging this misrepresentation.� I realize heapos;s starting to get desperate and is now willing to try absolutely anything to get himself into the White House, but this is a disservice to his campaign, his followers, his reputation**, and the democratic process at large.� At what point will his willingness to compromise his own integrity finally stop?
*Despite the fact that heapos;s not a plumber, presenting him as such is deeply problemtatic in another sense.� Let me briefly echo Amy Poehlerapos;s point from last night: the average plumber makes several times what the average teacher makes.� Who should we really be focused on?
**Once upon a time, I was a McCain fan.� At least, as much of a fan as any left-wing radical could be.� In 2000, I would have voted for him over Gore.� Well, Iapos;d probably still have voted for Nader, but I wouldnapos;t have been upset if McCain had won (and would have been just fine with the idea that my vote for Ralph was actually a vote for him).� Since then though, he has become almost unrecognizable to me.� In fact, if you had told me even 4 years ago that in 2008 I would want to vote for Clinton before McCain, I would have said you were crazy.
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