So don't you think this "joe the plumber" thing is getting old

I am sick of Joe the plumber and I probably have it worse than you because he lives very close to me. I know everyone is stuck on this redistribution of wealth but, if my husband and I were making over the 250,000 mark than we wouldn't mind paying the extra 3%.

You kind of miss the point. Obama says he's going to raise taxes on Joe. He's not going to stop at Joe.

Ya...it was "old" from day one. I know many independent plumbers and they make some pretty darn good money. The independent ones always seem to charge a bit less than going to an established business. Because of that...they get business. The only ones that would get targeted by Obama's plan are the ones making very good money. It was from the get-go a ridiculous argument.

Definately. I wish I could expand on this more, but there isn't much to expand on, this was just some guy that asked a question, who happened to exagerate his situation. Who really cares? So yes I definately think Joe's 15 minutes need to be up.

Joe plumber who? You know politicians, they would go to any height to pull off a political stunt. It happens all the time, the wise people need to be able to differentiate between something sincere and something which is fake. Though, I must say that it is really bad to claim that someone is the average person and he or she represents the entire community. Everyone is specially in their own right. At least that is what I feel. :) cheers

I don't really think its a republican thing. Both sides are trying to convince the "average joe" that they are regular folk like them, and understand what they are going through. Mcain just happens to have taken it literally by finding a plumber named Joe. But you can bet both of them aren't going to do anything to help the average joe once in office. In an election promises were meant to be broken.

I think the whole 'election' thing is getting old. I am tired of hearing what others thing this person and that person has done wrong. All I want to hear is the truth and plain hard facts. I don't care how you see the other candidate. I want to know what YOU are going to do for ME and OUR COUNTRY......

I am very tired of hearing it. It is time to hear something positive and something new.

Joe the Plumber is a metaphor to designate middle class citizens who are trying to get ahead in business. It is not unheard of that an average Joe has worked his keeshner off and made it big in business to the tune of over 250K a year, had to hire more workers and incorporate. What's the use in working to better oneself and dream the "big American dream" if the wealth is going to be dropped into the community bucket and redistributed to other people instead of saved and managed by the ones who earned it. In my opinion, the socialist ideas Obama has for our hard working citizens will only kill big business and demoralize those who want to venture into the corporate world.

Joe Sixpack, Joe the Plumber, Hockey moms...I'm sick of the forced, insincere attempts to connect to the regular folks by the rich and powerful. It's sounded forced and contrived from the start. Learning that good ole Joe was not planning to buy the plumbing business anytime soon and that he had voted for McCain in the Primary came as no surprise to me. Who's going to be next to try to connect the priviledged to us...Joe the Preacher?

The bizarre thing about this is that all the Joe the Plumbers and Dave the Hairdressers and everything else, are NOT MAKING anywhere near $250,000 a year - so they would get a tax CUT under Obama's plan, but they're so against because they think they're actually going to be making $250K in the next four or eight years and then Obama will raise they're taxes and they'll be broke. First of all, it's only a 3% tax hike, anybody making over $250K a year is HARDLY going to be hurting from that. Plus, the way I understand (I'm still not entirely sure this is true), the increase is only on the portion of the income that's OVER 250K. In other words if somebody makes 275K, the first 250K is taxed at the current rate, and only the 25K over is taxed 3% higher. But even if the whole thing was taxed 3% more, it's not going to break anybody's bank. The other thing is, why would you vote against a candidate who would give you a tax cut NOW, because he would give you a tax increase in the future IF you end up making much much more money than you currently are? Are these people so self-confident that they really think they're likely to be making $250K plus in the next four years? I daresay that for the majority of Joes and Daves and Lisas, it's HIGHLY unlikely that they will. I realize people have other reasons that they are not voting for Obama and prefer John McCain, but the idea that any middle class person would have as their primary reason Obama's tax increase on the wealthy, is bizarre.

Yep lol joe is not even a real plumber. I think its time they leave joe the plumber alone. let him get back to his life. McCain try something new that was another hail mary throw just like the one he used whe he selected palin as his VP