RC> Hello Bob!

 RC> 17 Oct 08 12:42, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> "Now that you are doing good, we are going to take your
 RC>>> money and give it away"

 BK>>  Except for the fact that he didn't say that.

 RC> He said something very close to it..

 Not even remotely.

 BK>>  Except for the fact that Joe the plumber isn't doing all that
 BK>>  well.

 BK>>  Except for the fact that Joe the plumber is not a plumber.

 RC> Irrelevant...

 The man claims he is trying to buy out the plumbing business he
 works for, and worries about having his taxes raised if he makes
 more than $250K/yr? That is not only relevant, but is the heart
 of the issue. He isn't qualified as a plumber, he couldn't
 legally run the business if he could buy it, which he can't
 because it's not for sale, and he wouldn't make $250K/yr if he
 did buy it.

 RC> Obama did say the controversial things that drew this
 RC> attention.

 Controversial only to those who have no idea what it's all
 about.

 BK>>  Except for the fact that Joe the plumber has probably never
 BK>>  seen $250,000/yr in his entire life, and probably will never see
 BK>>  $250000/yr unless he goes into drug dealing or inflation becomes
 BK>>  hyper-inflation.

 RC> It was in reference to a plumbing company, that he was
 RC> thinking of buying..

 Which would still not make him $250K/yr, and it's not for sale,
 and he doesn't have the contractor's license he would have to
 have to run it anyway.

 RC> Even if *Joe* was all wet, there are scenarios that are
 RC> real that this situation did embody, all over..

 There very seldom are such scenarios. And if you do ever earn
 $250K/yr... pay the damn taxes and shut up about it.

 RC> In Rochester New York, there might be Sally the small
 RC> business owner, operating a local advertising agency with
 RC> plans to grow.

 And when she makes $250K/yr she can pay the taxes.

 RC> In Topeka Kansas, there might be William the Insurance
 RC> broker, trying to grow his insurance agency..

 He will probably never see $250K/yr, but, on the off chance he
 does, he should just pay the taxes and don't bitch about it.

 RC> In Macon Georgia, Betty is thinking of expanding her Beauty
 RC> salon business into a chain of stores throughout Georgia..

 So is every other beauty salon owner in Georgia. If she does she
 should pay the taxes and not bitch about it.

 RC> As far as Obama is concerned, these people are filthy rich
 RC> and should be taxed to fuggin death.

 If a small tax increase on a $250,000/yr income is taxed to
 death, then they must be near death to begin with. $250k/yr is
 about 5 times what the average plumber makes.

 RC> Not all business is big business.

 Any business that can pay $250K/yr is not small business.


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