Oct 17 2008
Joe the Plumber: A Warning To All
Most of my readers are familiar with Joe the plumber. Joe Wurzelbacher is a 34 year old man from Ohio. Barack Obama went campaigning through Joes neighborhood. When he gets to Joe, who is standing in front of his home, they introduce themselves. Joe tells Obama he hopes to purchase a plumbing company valued around $250,000 to $280,000. He then asked Obama “Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?”
The exchange ended with Obama’s Marxist slip of the tongue “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 for success too.” “My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
This was all caught on tape. It rapidly caught fire and became an internet sensation and the focus of the final debate between Obama and McCain. Joe the Plumber quickly came to represent middle America. Now, because Obama made the mistake of revealing his Marxist economic philosophy, and it was caught on tape, the Obama camp has set out to destroy Joe the Plumber.
The world has learned more about Joe the Plumber in 24 hours than we have learned about Barack Obama in 24 months. It is a disgrace and should send chills down the spine of every citizen of this country. The media won’t investigate Barack Obama, they won’t investigate his relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, ACORN, Father Pflagler, or Toni Rezko. The media will not investigate Barack Obama’s history, where he was born, his school records, his thesis, medical records, records as Illinois Senator. But let one man ask Obama a question in which Obama’s answer exposes the real Obama and that man gets detroyed.
Let it be known that if you speak out against Barack Obama you will be ruined. The Brown Shirts have made their way full force to the United States. You should be very afraid and very angry.
Let it be known that “speaking out against” also translates into asking Obama a question in which he hangs himself.
Joe the Plumber is Obama’s example to all of society.
Joe the Plumber should serve as your warning of things to come with an Obama Presidency.
- SAY NO TO BABY TOYS! WARNING TO ALL NEW MOTHERS AND MOTHER TOBE!
- Google gives a ‘ Phishing sites’ label to all websites
- What will happen to all my accounts online, after I die?
- Get connected to all your friends
- “But that’s not the way MOM used to do it”- A dedication to all of HIS moms on Mother’s Day and all the joy they have brought women across the nation.
Senator Obama claims that his tax plan will help 95% of Americans. But Joe the Plumber has a point. Here is how small, sole proprietor businesses are taxed: Your “net income,” which is what goes on your personal tax return along with any income from any other jobs you may have, is based on your gross sales minus expenses. Here is what is not removed from the income equation:
• Any income you pay yourself for the work you do
• The money that will be taken out in self employment taxes (that’s double what is deducted for employees)
• Any money you earn but need to save for future growth, say to purchase a building or equipment
• The cost of items that become a part of the business assets (office furniture, equipment, vehicles, etc.)
So, a plumbing business that makes a gross sales of a million dollars may sound like it’s a pretty big business, but once you take out the cost of employees, parts, insurance, etc. it probably will drop to about a third of a million. Joe may want to pay himself a modest $15 per hour. That comes to $45,000, since he works long hours. He may want to save another $100,000 toward the purchase of his own building, and spend another $155,000 to replace 3 of his aging fleet of service vans and hire an additional plumber. The remaining $33,333 might go toward a new sewer clean-out machine or other tools. But even though he is only taking home $45,000, he pays income taxes on the full $333,333. So a small business owner who is trying to grow his business is forced into a higher tax bracket by Obama’s plan, even if he reinvests most of that income in the business. Such tax policies put a wet blanket on small business growth and may be a disaster for a struggling economy. If Joe’s taxes go up because Obama thinks he is rich, guess who loses: the person he now can’t afford to hire, or the truck salesman who only gets to sell two vans instead of three, or the realtor who can’t get Joe into the building he wants because his down payment isn’t big enough yet.
Don’t US taxes have deductables for small businesses? I’m pretty sure that once Joe the Plumber gets his license should he need one, and pays his outstanding taxes now the media has outed his debt to Uncle Sam, that he will find an accountant that will educate him on what he can claim against his tax bill and soon find he’s not earning enough to go through that tax bracket - even the accountant is deductable.
I think I’m more concerned what a leaky fawcet costs to fix in the US if a plumber can make $333,333 per year.
Joe the Plumber pals around with terrorists.
Scary stuff…heck reminds me of when you speak out against other people in leading positions, Castro, The N. Korean Prez, Iran, Venezula, China, would it be a jump to say that could happen next?
An Americans Talking Points
Never has the United States had a President that didn’t think it was always important to salute our flag.
Never has the United States elected a President that didn’t outright detest anyone that would say GD America.
Never has anyone while campaigning for the President of “The United States” campaign in other countries.
We have never had a Commander and Chief that did not use “WIN and WAR” in the same sentence.
Never has there been a candidate for the office of President of United States that was not aware of the history of domestic terrorists in our country and would not ever think of sitting at any table with them.
Never has there been a potential First Lady state that stated “America is a downright MEAN country”
Never has the United States President said to the hard working people of this country that “Because they have worked hard, done the right thing, climbed the ladder of success and achieved the American Dream” Punishment awaits! Is that really what we want to teach our children?
Is this really the CHANGE we want?
What will our country look like?
What would it be like to live in this country?
How will our children be raised?
Will self responsibility be something of the past?
Will there be Americans that get up in the morning with the aspirations of making life better for their families, or will they decide, what’s the point?
Will our children really have the ambition and discipline to do the right thing, excel in academics, get a good job and EARN a good wage, save their money to buy a house, raise a family, build a nest egg to hand down to generations to come?
These are the things that need to be preserved; The foundation of the United States is the American people and the history of the American people…..the honor of Family, the idea that from generation to generation there is hard work, determination and setting the example that if you are a good person, work hard and play by the rules there is nothing to prevent you from becoming whatever it is you want to be; will this still be the fabric of what drives Americans to be as great and prosperous as they always have been? PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY, PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN, PRAY FOR OUR HISTORY and remember “BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU ASK FOR, YOU MAY GET IT.
I feel for “Joe”. This is 15 minutes of infamy, not fame. I’m sure he regrets the day he asked that question, even though Obama exposed his campaign as Socialist. Obama and Biden are now in panic mode. I look forward to seeing Joe on “Huckabee” tonight so he can express his thoughts.
This is ridiculous. I’m so sick of hearing Obama and the media destroyed an innocent man. Please! McCain used this man to further his campaign without validating his statements. The media is there to determine who is misleading us. Their job is to find the truth. They did! Live with it. If he feels violated, blame McCain’s camp for thrusting him into the spotlight and the conservative yahoos online for making him out to be a hero without checking his story.
Open your mind to other information sources besides conservative regurgitation tanks.
Spoken like a true liberal, I thought this was a conservative blog! You’re frustrated with us fools, huh. I’ll quote Sean Hannity: “I’m a fool? You’re an idiot!”
As far as the media is concerned, journalism is dead. The only thing the media is concerned with is to help Osama win. If they were fair and balanced, maybe I’d listen. They’re just as far left as he is, if not more.