“I’ve heard enough about this Joe the Plumber character. I guess he is supposed to embody the middle class or something. And whoever heard of a plumber who works 10-12 hour days 7 days a week? What a crock of shit.”
That’s strange. I thought you owned your own business, thebreeze? You don’t work those hours?
FWIW, my dad is not a plumber, but an electrician, and he works pretty close to those hours, running his own business . . . sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less (but not often). He has been working these hours for about 10 years.
He doesn’t make anywhere close to $250,000 (probably $60,000 net), so he will not be affected by Obama’s plan or have to lay off people for this new proposed spending. Unfortunately, he had to let his two employees go a long time ago as it wasn’t profitable enough to keep them with all the taxes, paperwork, and insurance and they were too slow and barely employable. Don’t worry, though, we probably are paying their social security and unemployment now, so they are all taken care of.
It comes down to this, if liberals were ever forced to run their own business for one year(and I know that you do, from what you said) and subsist on their earnings, 75% of them would instantly become Republicans.
Really, Obama’s plan if enacted (God help us) would be like feeding rat poison to a patient in intensive care.
Yes, maybe some will get a nice tax-cut or tax credit for a few hundred dollars (maybe a thousand!), but their jobs will be gone to pay for these ridiculous spending programs.
Personally, I’d rather have a job, but that’s just me.
