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Thread #115363 Message #2473382
Posted By: Ron Davies
22-Oct-08 - 10:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Joe the Plumber
Subject: RE: BS: Joe the Plumber
No need. He's hanged himself, with a series of blatantly false statements--starting with: "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes $250, 000 to 280,000 a year".
Let's have just one iota of evidence that idea has any plausibility--from somebody who in 2004 made about $40,000/yr.--and still owes about $1,200 to Ohio.
And as I noted, from the WSJ earlier in the thread, the plumbing business in question would have to clear about $5 million/ yr. to be negatively affected by Obama's tax plan. And how much did it make last year--about $100,000? Whatever it was, it wasn't exactly $5 million.
"I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year". Obama took the most charitable interpretation--that Joe meant $250,000 clear profit per year.
But the business only had revenue of $250,000 to $280,000--if that.
And therefore, as Obama said, would be helped, not hurt, by his tax plans.
"Joe" misrepresented himself to Obama--and the country.
And now he's been made an icon---to those who can't or won't think or do any research.
i.e. the usual suspects---amazingly enough, yet again supporters of GWB--and McCain.