David's Mumblings

Ye olde Joe the Plumber

category: Opinions
This whole thing about "Joe the Plumber" is rather odd. He's being trotted about as the archetype of a blue collar worker, representative of average Americans, etc. But when you go back to his initial question to Obama, he was complaining about taxes on yearly revenue greater than $250k. Let's think about this for a second: $100k yearly revenue puts you in the top 10% of the country in terms of income. $250k puts you in the top few percent. Not exactly "average".

I'm not entirely sure how this person has become the poster boy average American. People are pointing to "Joe the Plumber" as an example of how Obama's tax proposals will hurt average Americans. If the average American made $250+k/yr, that would be a fair criticism, but, well, that's just not the case. This guy has somehow found himself in the spotlight and is being used as a giant straw man argument. It is rather misleading to portray his case as being relevant for average Americans. ^ TOP

Posted on 10/30/08 at 09:31:03 by dchaley (David Haley)
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Doormat stolen

category: General
Somebody stole the doormat we had in front of our apartment door. Seriously, people, what a lame/random thing to steal... ^ TOP

Posted on 10/29/08 at 09:05:25 by dchaley (David Haley)
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