Joe the Plumber, Joe the Idiot!

Have you seen this guy "Joe the plumber" that McCain and Obama spoke about during the debate. Talk about a guy who doesn't have a clue. This guy comes out and says he doesn't think that people who make more money should pay higher taxes. This wouldn't be a bad view if we had a flat tax. But we don't have flat taxes. We have a complicated tax system that allows more affluent people to use loop holes to get out of paying their share, pushing the tax burden to those who work hard for an honest living. What we do have a flat tax for is capital gains, which makes no sense at all. People who don't work at all make more money sitting on their ass paying 15% while the average American works their 40 hour+ week paying over 30% of their wages to taxes. Joe the plumber was under the belief that because the business he wanted to purchase costed $280,000 that he would be placed in a higher tax bracket under Obama. That was not true. Obama's $250,000 tax policy applies to the individual's earnings, not the business. Eventually Joe the plumber admitted that he would actually benefit from Obama's plan. But let's return to the idea that the upper class shouldn't have to pay more taxes debate. Anyone who knows anything about exponential growth can see that the upper class keeps making larger profits because they have a larger pool of money to invest. But these investments are providing profits by sending jobs overseas to increase profit margins. Middle class wages have remained stagnant, the country's population is growing and there are less jobs. By the time the average person has enough money to take advantage of exponential growth, it is time to retire. The system is flawed because the minority upper class is making more money at the expense of the majority middle class workers. If our current policies continue, there will not be a middle class anymore. Joe the plumber seems to think that he has a chance to be part of the upper class. But the math will never add up. What he would consider wealthy doesn't equal a percentage point to the upper class. Bill Gates is loaded, but he still doesn't have "old money". No, Bill Gates isn't in the same league as affluent families such as the Duponts. No this family values money so much that it intermarries to keep wealth in the family. A.I. Dupont hospital was built for all of the inbred Dupont children, not for charity as their public relations would tell you. These people are sick. They do anything for money. It is this upper 1/2% of our country ruining things for everyone else. The Duponts have created chemicals such as Teflon, that will pollute our environment for a lifetime. Chances are that everyone who reads this has some Teflon in them because it has polluted our water supply. Yet appropriate and proportionate penalties have not been imposed on Dupont. No amount of cancer or retarded children will stop this family's greed. So no Joe the plumber, I don't agree that these people should pay the same amount as me. These people should be held accountable for their actions. If we aren't allowed to just wipe them out and take their money, they should at least be taxed out their ass. F the Duponts and everything they stand for. F ignorant people like Joe the plumber that don't have a clue what is going on. Now the Republicans are talking about having Joe at their rallies. Great. Cheer the working man that is too stupid to understand that tax breaks going to huge companies screws the middle class. I don't support raising taxes to provide for lazy people. I'm not all about hand outs. But I'm also not into paying extra taxes to "rescue" big businesses from self inflicted stupidity. Joe, get a clue. McCain's plan might as well be the same as Reagan's or Bush's. Giving tax breaks to big business equals trickle down. Trickle down equals executives taking luxurious vacations and writing it off as expenses while the average guy gets nothing. Tax breaks should be given to the middle class, not the rich. So Joe, stop listening to propaganda and do the math yourself. You are middle class, why would you support the rich? In addition, I used to have a lot of respect for John McCain. But he has lost touch with the people who originally supported him. In an effort to gain more support from his own party, John McCain sacrificed what used to set him apart. So now he supports policies that he knows are wrong, just because he knows this is his last chance. At least Colin Powell had enough sense to distance himself from policies like W's. I have all the respect in the world for John McCain. He is a hero. But his current direction is flawed. His campaign is exclusively negative. He doesn't even try to put out ads oriented to his policies. Joe the plumber represents the ignorance and dishonesty of this campaign. Oh, Joe also hasn't payed his taxes. Great guy to put on a pedestal morons.

Note: After I wrote this I found out Joe isn't even a licensed plumber and has never so much as completed an apprenticeship. Toledo Ohio and surrounding communities require plumbers to be licensed. So Joe not only is dodging taxes, he is operating illegally as well. Hey Joe, now I hope you get taxed so far up your ass that you can taste the ink on the 1040. Screw off you publicity seeking meathead.