Joe the Plumber, $250K, and the tax cut for 95%
Definitely a strong point for McCain last night were his (many) references to Joe the Plumber, and the fact that Obama’s solution is to “spread the wealth around”. Of course, the left is going after poor Joe. “He’s not even licensed! He’s a Republican! He wants to make a lot of money!”
This brings up a salient difference. How much is too much? Who will get to spread the wealth, if wealth needs to be spread? The answers to these questions highlight the difference between a socialist and a free-market thinker. And if you want to blame the free market for the recent “economic crisis”, go ahead, but please note that it’s the response of the free market to government regulations, starting with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (which, by the way, was a creature of ACORN — that bastion of helpfulness to illegal and probably dead voters everywhere).
McCain is not a great debater, that is for sure, BUT we are not electing a debater, but a decider!
I do wish, however, that he would have mentioned and elaborated more on the fact that Obama’s tax plan will most emphatically NOT be a tax cut for 95% of Americans. The Wall Street Journal’s “Obama’s 95% Illusion” details it rather nicely. When a third of Americans pay no tax whatsoever, it’s really a handout to them. But this fits in well with his desire to spread the wealth around.
Pretty soon, will there be wealth to spread?
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