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Joe the Plumber on Taxes
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Republicans, Debates, 2008 PresidentAmerica's most famous Voto-Rooter, Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher, was on ABC's "Good Morning, America" today, explaining why hardscrabble rich people should not be taxed. (transcript courtesy of the McCain Press Office): Diane Sawyer: "Well I just want to ask you now about the issue that was raised because it's been a little confusing to me as I tried to sort it out here. To get straight here, you're not taking home $250,000 now, am I right?" Joe Wurzelbacher: "No. No. Not even close." Sawyer: "And you were you asking -- ...
Joe the Plumber Calls Obama's Tax Plan Socialist, Sawyer Defends It
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Joe the Plumber (aka Joe Wurzelbacher), the Ohio man that has suddenly become the face of the presidential campaign, told ABC's Diane Sawyer Thursday that Barack Obama's tax plan to spread the wealth is "a very socialist view, and it's incredibly wrong." Predictably, Sawyer defended Obama's position by saying it's only a three percent tax increase that people making over $250,000 would be required to pay. Deliciously, the "Good Morning America" guest wasn't backing down (partial video embedded right): DIANE SAWYER, HOST: If people making $250,000 should not be taxed ...
Joe the Plumber on Obama's Plan -- Scary and Socialist
Wizbang —
Earlier in an add on to Kevin's post about Joe the Plumber, I referred to an interview on Good Morning America today. Here is video of that GMA interview (the...
Joe the Plumber (or not): A Chronology
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Republicans, Debates, 2008 President In the past 24 hours, America has been introduced to the most famous plumber (quasi-plumber?) since Donkey Kong spun off its plunger-toting hero into the long-running "Super Mario" videogame series. I speak, of course, of "Joe the Plumber." Joe Wurzelbacher first burst onto the national politicalscene at an Obama campaign stop in Holland, Ohio, where he asked the Democratic nominee why he was giving present Joe a tax cut, but increasing Future Joe's taxes by 3% on income over the $250,000.00 mark. In short order, Joe was appearing ...
Obama's Tax Threshold Coming Down
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Barack Obama, 2008 President, TaxesThe Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden may have committed another accidental truth telling this week when he told a local Scranton, Pennsylvania, television interviewer that under Sen. Barack Obama's tax proposal, no one making over $150,000 would get a tax cut. Biden's remark is the second time in recent days that the Obama campaign has lowered it's threshold for tax cuts under the proposal. Earlier this week, the campaign released an ad that said nobody making over $200,000 would get a tax cut. Sen. Obama has been under withering criticism from Sen. John McCain ...
