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The Democratic Party’s Drubbing of Joe the Plumber

October 19, 2008 - 12:05 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Charlie (Colorado)
2008-10-19 10:42:16

So Joe the Plumber admits he would get a tax break under Obama’s plan, but he doesn’t want a tax break because someday he will be rich. How, exactly, does this make any sense? Are we to believe that Joe the Plumber is more concerned with a theoretical future than he is with his current and very real situation?

Which explains why you never got a high school diploma or went to college? After all, what fun is all that studying and deferred gratification for some theoretical future where you’re a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist?