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Spread the wealth until there ain’t no more
Cold Fury —
What it all comes down to :“Spread the wealth around.” Oblivious and witless, Joe the Plumber was like those ancient Egyptian contractors who finished the secret treasure vault in the pyramids and wondered why pharaoh wanted them to precede him in the afterlife.“Spread the wealth around” is regular Joe speak for redistributionist tax policy, in which the government takes from the Joes and keeps a fee for handling Joe’s money, then gives it out to other folks who want Joe’s money, so the other folks will love the politicians who run the government and vote for them again and ...
Bring me the head of Joe the Plumber
Power Line —
... seeks to "spread the wealth around" in his tax plan. Clearly this cannot stand.
The question itself revealed a kind of offense against royalty that in French goes under the rubric of lèse majesté. Moreover, Obama's comment betrays a frame of mind that is unpopular among independent middle-class voters whose vote may still be up for grabs.
Last week Michelle Malkin noted how the media followed the cue of Obama and Biden in tearing down Joe. Today John Kass and Ruben Navarette observe the savaging of Joe the Plumber. Kass deserves ...
The lesson of Joe the Plumber, and the only way to put an end to this
TigerHawk —
By now, everybody knows that the mainstream media has been going after "Joe the Plumber" -- the latest iconic "everyman" to have a close encounter of the gaffe kind with a presidential candidate -- with ...
An Illinois Political Art Form
The New Editor —
The Chicago Tribune's John Kass:
"Spread the wealth around" is regular Joe speak for redistributionist tax policy, in which the government takes from the Joes and keeps a fee for handling Joe's money, then gives it out to other folks who want Joe's money, so the other folks will love the politicians who run the government and vote for them again and again.
This is a system that works remarkably well for politicians, government workers with fat pensions and others who get Joe's money. It doesn't work out for the Joes, but there aren't as many of ...
'Joe the Plumber' in media cross hairs
USS Neverdock —
If Obama and the media can do this to the average American now, watch if he gets elected.
