10-17-2008, 11:41 PM
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=karsen]
His question is still valid.
Indeed it is.
He will pay less taxes under Obama's plan.
Therefore he can save more money.
Therefore he can buy the business faster.
And he can pay the extra $12-$1500 in taxes on his $250,000 in taxable income.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/15/smallbus...2008101611
Obama answered his question. Just because he didn't get the answer he was trolling for (i.e. "Yes! I'm evil! I am going to RAISE your taxes because I hate small business owners!" - or something similar) doesn't mean he didn't get an answer.
Obama did answer his question.
The day before yesterday during a speech though Obama blew off the plumber's question pandering to the crowd, then poked fun at him for being a plumber who makes over 250K a year. It was dismissive. I don't think that was a good image for Obama to send to small business people who relate to Joe The Plumber's (possibly fictional, but still relevant) situation. Had Obama been a kinder or more explanatory during his speech he would have looked better in the eyes of small business owners in my opinion.
I'm not saying your breakdown is wrong, but there's another way to look at it too.
He will pay less taxes under Obama's plan, but there's no denying that his employer will pay more.
The employer will possibly have to cut back somewhere to be able to pay those additional taxes. The employer may be forced to lay off Joe The Plumber.
Joe The Plumber is now out of work, therefore he can't save any money.
Therefore he can't buy the business.
I'm just sayin'.