Any one who believes what the media and Obama say are too stupid to live. Kamakazee, just perfect.
On Oct 17, 1:50 am, Kamakazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe The Plumber: Obama Tax Plan 'Infuriates Me' > > ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: > > John McCain may have found a blue-collar face to help him argue that > no American -- not even the richest 5 percent -- should pay higher > taxes. > > "Joe The Plumber" has weighed in on Wednesday's presidential debate > and he says that Barack Obama's tax plan "infuriates me." > > "To be honest with you, that infuriates me," plumber Joe Wurzelbacher > told Nightline's Terry Moran. "It's not right for someone to decide > you made too much---that you've done too good and now we're going to > take some of it back." > > "That's just completely wrong," he added. > > Wurzelbacher, who says no one from the McCain campaign got in touch > with him before Wednesday, was a centerpiece of the third and final > presidential debate. > > The plumber's brush with fame began on Sunday when he confronted > Barack Obama outside of Toledo, Ohio. Wurzelbacher challenged the > Democratic candidate on his plan to raise taxes on the top five > percent of earners -- a policy which would, by the Obama campaign's > own estimation, mean higher taxes for 184,000 small businesses. > > "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand > dollars a year," Wurzelbacher told Obama. "Your new tax plan is going > to tax me more, isn't it?" > > Under Obama's plan, individuals making more than $200,000 per year, > or > couples making more than $250,000 per year, would pay higher taxes on > income, capital gains, and dividends. Starting ten years from now, > Obama supports an additional 2-4 percent tax on individual income > above $250,000 per year to help shore up the Social Security system. > > To evaluate how Wurzelbacher and his wife would fare under Obama, one > would need to know his wife's income (if any) plus what the plumber > meant when he told Obama that the company he is getting ready to buy > "makes" $250,000 - $280,000 per year. > > Was Wurzelbacher referring to gross revenue or net profits? > > Obama's higher taxes on small businesses would be leveled against > those whose net profits exceed $250,000 per year, according to > Obama's > campaign. > > While at least 184,000 small businesses would face higher taxes under > Obama, the Illinois Democrat is also proposing a series of tax > credits > that could aid small businesses. > > Obama has proposed a $3,000 tax credit for every new job that > companies create in the United States over the next two years, a > small > business health tax credit on up to 50 percent of employee premiums > paid by employers, and elimination of capital gains taxes on > investments in small and start-up businesses. > > Regardless of how Wurzelbacher would personally fare under the > candidates' plans, he suggested to ABC News' Nightline that he is > against all forms of progressive taxation. > > During his telephone interview with ABC News, the Ohio plumber argued > that the government should not tax some more than others and argued > that this principle should extend not only to Americans at his > income- > level but also to the world's richest man. > > "I don't like it," said Wurzelbacher. "You know, me or -- you know, > Bill Gates, I don't care who you are. If you worked for it, if it was > your idea, and you implemented it, it's not right for someone to > decide you made too much." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
