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Joe the Plumber.
Joe the Plumber is not making $250k + annually as a plumber...trust me. He is Joe the Business Owner. Why do they insist on callling him Joe the Plumber as if he is representative of the class/income level of every construction worker in the USA?
I'm not trying to say Business Owners are bad or necessarily over paid, however, they do NOT represent the $20k to $50k earners on the jobsites I frequent. He is no longer first a plumber though I am quite certain he is proficient in the discipline. Call him what he is. He is MORE proficient and successful when it comes to running a business.
At $250k he affords a CPA to bring that Adjusted Gross Income to a more tollerable modicum when it comes to his tax burden. If he ends up with only $100k per year to spend, please, give me his problems! If he lives by my means he will still have plenty to invest, save or pay for those 4 vacations, cruises or scenic tours he gets every year.
If we are going to talk "Joe Six Pack, Joe Pipe Fitter, or Joe Clerk" let's do it directly without asking for those signing the pay checks to articulate what they think is best for the REAL Joe's. Let's ask the REAL Joes what THEY think without some guise of supposed wealth associated with common manual labor. If we are to talk to business owners small or otherwise, call them what they are! Joe the Plumber? I think not. He's Joe the Boss, Joe the Owner, Joe the Wealthy. Most plumbers I know will spend at least 5 years earning what this "Joe" will earn.
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Check his fingernails.
Five percent interest on $250,000? That's $12,500 for doing nothing but signing the paper.
Working 52 weeks per year, 5-days per week, midnight to 7 a.m. at the 7-11? That's $11,921 for dealing with my drunk 4 a.m. ass.
This "Average Joe" is about as average as Morganna the Kissing Bandit's sweater meat.
He is a plumber who earned about $40k last year and owes back taxes. He's not even a licensed plumber let alone a licensed contractor.
I can't believe his declaring interest in buying his boss' business was taken so far out of whack. He assumes he'd make a quarter of a million and that if he did he'd rather not under Obama as the government might take a few grand more than he's willing to fork over...as if he'd be better off earning $40k and keeping all of it than earning $250k and keeping $200k ... silliness!
Blower,
What are you? My Blog's version of the drive-by media?
You're the hit and run commenter who seems to have little time to engage in discussion yet plenty of time to make one quick criticism of everything you read. You must figure your first post is so entertaining that no banter is left in order!
I'm posting this comment on a couple other strings just in case you actually check back on one again, Mr. "Who is this Bluto and why doesn't he make enough posts on his Blog..."
Hah!
Turns out Joe is just some Plumber who doesn't understand Obabma's plan or contracting or even how to pay his own tax burden on $40k/year.
It turns out Bluto smells like cabbage.
And, yes, once I have posted on a string, what else is there to say?
Next time I grace you with a droplet of my vast wisdom, I will thank you to show some respect.
Treat my words like fireworks. All I want to hear is "Ooooh, Aaahhh. More! More!"
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