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disneydream06So much for the undecided voter..........
The Talented Mr. Wurzelbacher
Mr. Wurzelbacher is not just industrious. He is also intelligent and informed. He has certainly outfoxed the various reporters who have presented him to the public as an "undecided voter." He asked Obama about a flat tax. It's difficult to imagine that many people outside the world of public policy know or care what a flat tax is. Even Senator Obama was somewhat confused in answering the question and seemed to think they were discussing a national sales tax. Mr. Wurzelbacher also seems to have very defined views on Social Security, which he thinks should be abolished, as he articulated to MSNBC. He also spoke with FamilySecurityMatters.org (which provides information to help families cope after a nuclear holocaust and other similar situations) and more or less said that he opposes progressive income taxes. As he put it:
"You're going to tax someone else more that's been working hard to fulfill the American Dream and you're gonna give it to other people who -- I'm not saying they don't work as hard, but I'm sure some of them don't -- and I don't think it's right just to give it to them or reduce taxes on their part and hike it up on my part like a teeter totter to bring it back even."
In other words, the biggest story about Joe the Plumber is that a man who opposes Social Security and the progressive income tax and who seems fairly well-versed in libertarian ideas managed to have a six-minute conversation with a presidential candidate he clearly opposes, and then allowed the media to label him an "undecided voter." As Governor Palin would say, "Say it ain't so, Joe!"
The Talented Mr. Wurzelbacher
Mr. Wurzelbacher is not just industrious. He is also intelligent and informed. He has certainly outfoxed the various reporters who have presented him to the public as an "undecided voter." He asked Obama about a flat tax. It's difficult to imagine that many people outside the world of public policy know or care what a flat tax is. Even Senator Obama was somewhat confused in answering the question and seemed to think they were discussing a national sales tax. Mr. Wurzelbacher also seems to have very defined views on Social Security, which he thinks should be abolished, as he articulated to MSNBC. He also spoke with FamilySecurityMatters.org (which provides information to help families cope after a nuclear holocaust and other similar situations) and more or less said that he opposes progressive income taxes. As he put it:
"You're going to tax someone else more that's been working hard to fulfill the American Dream and you're gonna give it to other people who -- I'm not saying they don't work as hard, but I'm sure some of them don't -- and I don't think it's right just to give it to them or reduce taxes on their part and hike it up on my part like a teeter totter to bring it back even."
In other words, the biggest story about Joe the Plumber is that a man who opposes Social Security and the progressive income tax and who seems fairly well-versed in libertarian ideas managed to have a six-minute conversation with a presidential candidate he clearly opposes, and then allowed the media to label him an "undecided voter." As Governor Palin would say, "Say it ain't so, Joe!"
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Date: 2008-10-18 06:43 am (UTC)then again...if they can spend billions to bail out the banks, SS shouldn't be a problem, right??
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Date: 2008-10-18 07:14 am (UTC)Is it morning yet??????????
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Date: 2008-10-18 07:19 am (UTC)Is my shift done yet??????????
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