Joe the Plumber Hates the America Dream
McCain brought up this dude during the debate "Joe the Plumber" AKA Joe Wurzelbacher. But few know what a right-wing hack he is. I was reading this interview with some Orwellianly named organization called Family Security Matters and the dude sounds just like Limbaugh. He was complaining that Obama would tax him more cause his new plumbing business would move him into the $250,000 tax bracket. After a while of calling Obama a socialist and stuff, he starts to talk about the "American Dream."
Me personally, my American Dream was to have a house, a dog, a couple rifles, a bass boat. I believe in living life easy and simple. I don’t have grand designs. I don’t want much. I just wanna be able to take care of my family and do things with them outdoors and that’s about it, really. I don’t have a “grand scheme” thing. My American Dream is just more personal to me as far as working, making a good living and being able to provide for my family, college for my son. Things like that – simple things in life, that’s really what it comes down to for me. That’s my dream.
Wait one freaking second, are you telling me you wouldn't have enough money to fulfill the "American Dream?" $250,000 dollars a year is a lot of money and after 4 years that would be a million. I realize that Joe wouldn't personally keep all of it and put some of it back into his business, but he would still keep a lot of it. He can achieve that dream of his house and boat and gun and yaddi yadda, but why is he trying to prevent others from achieving that dream? Doesn't he realize that the middle class was created by liberalism? It was created by the New Deal and Great Society programs. It was created by strong unionization and a progressive tax system where the richer pay more and Joe now has the privilege of paying higher taxes and helping other Joes become him. But no, this little prick wants to spit on it all. He wants to bash the system that got him to where he is. He and other conservatives want to stop others from achieving the American Dream.
-Albert Cirrus
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An additional point to mention is that Joe the Plumber got lots of free advertising with over an hour on several national tv stations, so he will get more business and more money. Maybe when he gets put into an even higher tax bracket than $250,000, he will bitch even louder about being taxed for being "successful." "I can't afford a golden toilet cause my taxes are too high, I'm being oppressed! My American Dream is being taken away!" Lol.
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