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Spreading the Wealth Around
Spreading the Wealth Around
A lot of people are noting this exchange between Barack Obama and a plumber who has figured out that under...
Obama to Plumber: My Plan Will 'Spread the Wealth Around'
elections.foxnews.com — Barack Obama tells a plumber in Ohio he wants to "spread the wealth around," eliciting criticism that... his economic recovery plan is socialist in nature.  (more) Obama to Plumber: My Plan Will 'Spread the Wealth Around'
Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?
usnews.com — The "Joe the Plumber" miscue could boost McCain to the White House.... (more) Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?
‘Spread the Wealth’?
blogs.abcnews.com — "This weekend," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said today, "a plumber concerned that Senator Obama was going to... raise his taxes asked him directly about his plan. The response was telling. Senator Obama explained to him that he was going to... (more) ‘Spread the Wealth’?
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Maggie's Farm — ... Obama: "I want to spread the wealth around." It would seem that Obama believes that the government owns the money this entrepreneurial hard-working plumber made. ...

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