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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/joe-the-plumber.html

Joe the Plumber: Obama Tax Plan 'Infuriates Me'
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 Share October 16, 2008 2:46 AM

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Hope Ditto report: 

John McCain may have found a blue-collar face to help him argue that no 
American -- not even the richest 5 percent -- should pay higher taxes.

Joe the Plumber has weighed in on Wednesday's presidential debate and 
says that Barack Obama's tax plan "infuriates me." 

"To be honest with you, that infuriates me," plumber Joe Wurzelbacher 
told "Nightline's" Terry Moran. "It's not right for someone to decide 
you made too much -- that you've done too good and now we're going to 
take some of it back." 

"That's just completely wrong," he added. 

Under Obama's plan, individuals making more than $200,000 per year, or 
couples making more than $250,000 per year, would pay higher taxes on 
income, capital gains, and dividends. Starting ten years from now, Obama 
supports an additional 2-4 percent tax on individual income above 
$250,000 per year to help shore up the Social Security system. 

To evaluate how Wurzelbacher and his wife would fare under Obama, one 
would need to know his wife's income (if any) plus what the plumber 
meant when he told Obama that the company he is getting ready to buy 
"makes" $250,000 - $280,000 per year. 

Was Wurzelbacher referring to gross revenue or net profits? 

Obama's higher taxes on small businesses would be leveled against those 
whose net profits exceed $250,000 per year, according to Obama's 
campaign. 

While at least 184,000 small businesses would face higher taxes under 
Obama, the Illinois Democrat is also proposing a series of tax credits 
that could aid small businesses. 

Obama has proposed a $3,000 tax credit for every new job that companies 
create in the United States over the next two years, a small business 
health tax credit on up to 50 percent of employee premiums paid by 
employers, and elimination of capital gains taxes on investments in 
small and start-up businesses.  

Regardless of how Wurzelbacher would personally fare under the 
candidates' plans, he suggested to ABC News' Nightline that he is 
against all forms of progressive taxation. 

During his telephone interview with ABC News, the Ohio plumber argued 
that the government should not tax some Americans at a higher percentage 
than others and argued that this principle should extend not only to 
taxpayers at his income-level but also to the world's richest man. 

"I don't like it," said Wurzelbacher. "You know, me or --
you know, Bill 
Gates, I don't care who you are. If you worked for it, if it was your 
idea, and you implemented it, it's not right for someone to decide you 
made too much." 

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