After “Joe the Plumber” got mentioned over 20 times in the debate, the media is now obsessed with him, I guess because anything’s better than talking about the issues. McCain brought him up because Joe had asked Obama if he was going to stop him from purchasing his boss’ $250,000 plumbing business by raising his taxes. This has upset him so much that he is denouncing Obama as a “socialist.” Both conservatives and the media has affixed themselves to him because he seems to symbolize your average middle class “Joe”. But there’s a couple of problems:

1) His name isn’t Joe.
2) He isn’t a plumber.
3) He doesn’t have the money to buy the business.
and
4) According to some tax analysts, if his gross receipts from his business is $250,000 — and not his taxable income — then he would not have to pay higher taxes under Mr. Obama’s plan, and probably would be eligible for a tax cut.

One thing was true though. He doesn’t like to pay taxes. He still owes the state over $1,000 in back taxes.

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