Analysis: Obama Plan Raises Taxes For Many Plumbers
posted by lee on Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 10:55am
Joe the Plumber was singled out in the last Presidential debate for his assertion that Obama’s tax plan would raise taxes on his future plumbing business. In fact, a careful analysis of Obama’s plan shows that almost all plumbers, particularly those in crucial swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and World 1-1, would face higher taxes:
Obama claims the aim of his plan is to “redistribute the wealth” of the affluent. This would likely benefit the working poor in World 1-3:
Concept and graphic #1 credit go to Stokes
Rob on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 2:58 pm
Does Joe realize just how many extra lives he has?
It’s only fair that we level the playing field for other folks who, through no fault of their own, simply never were given 2500 extra chances to save the princess.
Stokes on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 4:55 pm
See, that’s the really shitty thing about Joe: rather than putting his money back into the economy by purchasing 1-Ups, he’s just hoarding it. This is why trickle down economics doesn’t work.
Gab on Sun, 19th Oct 2008 10:03 am
So where is Dennis Hopper when we need him? Oh yeah, he’s busy making a spinoff series on STARZ.
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