Joe the Plumber appreciation thread

Joe The Plumber is a c*nt

Originally posted by sweetcell:
personally, i don't see anything wrong with redistribution. if this country enables you to make $250k or more, you can pay an extra 4% in taxes - and only on the amount above $250k. the current government has been redistributing for 7 years now - to oil companies, big business and the rich. i don't get why folks are so quick to run to the defense of the $250k set.

of course you don't. but i, for one, do not support socialism.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
personally, i don't see anything wrong with redistribution.

me neither, but we're Canadian, remember!

with obama vs mccain youre arguing shades of protectionism at best

And here I was thinking that being super smart and working your fucking ass off was what enabled someone to make 250K per year.

But according to you, it's the country that is responsible for this.

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Ahh yes, let's all completely ignore the basis of why Joe the Plumber got brought up.

ok, let's not. joe the plumber claimed that obama's tax plan will hurt him. but:

And his question to Mr. Obama about paying taxes? According to some tax analysts, if Mr. Wurzelbacherâ??s gross receipts from his business is $250,000 â?? and not his taxable income â?? then he would not have to pay higher taxes under Mr. Obamaâ??s plan, and probably would be eligible for a tax cut. (source)

personally, i don't see anything wrong with redistribution. if this country enables you to make $250k or more, you can pay an extra 4% in taxes - and only on the amount above $250k. the current government has been redistributing for 7 years now - to oil companies, big business and the rich. i don't get why folks are so quick to run to the defense of the $250k set.

are you saying that if you are super smart and work your ass off you can make that kind of money in any country? have to say that all three are factors

Originally posted by very sonick:

Originally posted by sweetcell:
personally, i don't see anything wrong with redistribution.

me neither, but we're Canadian, remember!

Sweetcell is Canadian??


(I always thought the record label Secretly Canadian had a great name…)

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
And here I was thinking that being super smart and working your fucking ass off was what enabled someone to make 250K per year.

But according to you, it's the country that is responsible for this.

apparently you need to invest in a dictionary and look up the word that i used, "enable". hint: it's not the same as "responsible".

Originally posted by Christine Moritz:
Sweetcell is Canadian??

yup, guilty/privileged as charged.

all these canadians…the board is starting to make a lot more sense now..

yes, canadians do make more sense that what we have going on in this country.

as much sense as that last post?

wow, seven words. you are moving up in the world.

yup, two canadians - no wonder conversation is so pinko here :roll:

why did you decide to move away from the great socialist mecca that is canada?

They both liked Black chicks, and there aren't any Black people in Canadia.

Originally posted by manimtired:
why did you decide to move away from the great socialist mecca that is canada?

lol

That's not true. They live in Tronno and are from Jamaica.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
They both liked Black chicks, and there aren't any Black people in Canadia.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
They both liked Black chicks, and there aren't any Black people in Canadia.

Originally posted by manimtired:
why did you decide to move away from the great socialist mecca that is canada?

my high school was 40% black.

Originally posted by manimtired:
lol

its fitting that manimtired's 1000 post is a

"lol"

Originally posted by sweetcell:
[QB] And his question to Mr. Obama about paying taxes? According to some tax analysts, if Mr. Wurzelbacherâ??s gross receipts from his business is $250,000 â?? and not his taxable income â?? then he would not have to pay higher taxes under Mr. Obamaâ??s plan, and probably would be eligible for a tax cut. (source)

btw, let's clarify this a bit. . .joe's question to obama about taxes was joe's concern about growing his business. it's absolutely true that today, joe's business wouldn't be above the $250K threshold, but, joe told obama that he wanted to grow his business, and he wanted to know if as a result of growing his business, he ended up making more than $250K would his taxes go up. obama said yes, joe said, well, why i should be punished for growing my small business and hiring more people just to end up having to pay more taxes. at this point obama noted his spread the wealth around, that by taxing successful people like joe, the government can then send that extra money to, shall we say, less successful people.

btw, not only is obama looking to increase income taxes, but it looks like he wants to increase social security taxes as well.

so, if joe grew his company and made more than $250K, not only would his income taxes go up, so would his social security taxes to help cover a portion of the expected short-fall in the future (and, presumably, no increase in future benefits).

btw, who cares that 30% of american's don't pay taxes.