A political note:
Oct. 16th, 2008 01:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pyatJoe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher sounds like a jackass.
Mr Wurzelbacher said Mr Obama's plan to raise taxes to redistribute money was "kind of a socialist viewpoint".
"Robin Hood stole from greedy rich people and redistributed it to the peasants, so to speak, so if he's calling us peasants, I kind of resent that," he said."
He's worried that Obama would tax his prospective business to the tune of 39% instead of the current 36%. So, shouldn't he see himself as one of the "greedy rich people" Robin had to steal from?
Mr Wurzelbacher said Mr Obama's plan to raise taxes to redistribute money was "kind of a socialist viewpoint".
"Robin Hood stole from greedy rich people and redistributed it to the peasants, so to speak, so if he's calling us peasants, I kind of resent that," he said."
He's worried that Obama would tax his prospective business to the tune of 39% instead of the current 36%. So, shouldn't he see himself as one of the "greedy rich people" Robin had to steal from?
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losing it a little
Date: 2008-10-16 06:56 pm (UTC)The thing I always thought was the American Dream is that, yeah you start with nothing and get somewhere in life (and hey, isn't helping poor people more helping fulfill the American Dream) but more importantly, people thought you were shit back where you came from, and yet here people can consider you an equal citizen. I've heard McCain's party talk about their god. I'm a second class citizen in McCain's America, so's my family, so are my friends, so are a lot of other people out there. Fuck that. Where's my American Dream?