If I were Joe the plumber I would like to think I\u2019d have answered Obama\u2019s queries a little differently.<\/p>\n
I would have bristled at the audacity of his condescension as he stood there and told me that had I had a tax break from the government I could have built my business faster;\u00a0 as if I needed the government to help me get where I\u2019ve gotten. On my own, thank you very much.<\/p>\n
And maybe those firemen and nurses and teachers would have been better off too with that middle class tax cut; but they aren\u2019t building a business. They provide valuable services and exhibit bravery in the face of danger (I\u2019m talking about teachers too); \u00a0we need them for sure. But they work for the government. They don\u2019t create jobs. They don\u2019t buy capital goods. They won\u2019t pull us out of this economic crisis.<\/p>\n
By the way, I would have asked him why so many of the people he hangs out with hate America so much?<\/p>\n
If I were Joe, I would have asked Barack Obama how he can give tax cuts to 95% of Americans when 40% don’t even pay income taxes?<\/p>\n
I would ask him why I should believe that a man that has consistently voted for more taxes and more spending would change his stance now? Does he think Joe\u2019s stupid?<\/p>\n
I would have asked him what he knows about building anything. What risks, save experimenting with drugs, has he taken in his life?<\/p>\n
I would have asked Obama if he could be patient. Cut my taxes and I will grow faster, hire more people, invest in my business, buy more equipment and ultimately my success would create way more tax revenue for Obama and his pet projects.<\/p>\n
I would have agreed with Obama: I\u2019m not voting for him, but not because of his skin color. So don\u2019t call me a racist. Joe isn\u2019t going to vote for Obama because he doesn\u2019t get it \u2013 despite Obama’s America-hating elitist wife\u2019s pleading to the contrary.<\/p>\n
You see America was founded by Joe the Plumber. Guys like Joe are the true pioneers. He\u2019s a self-starter. Joe creates something from nothing. He scratches a business plan on the back of a pink sheet he got from his last employer, asks his wife to make sacrifices, support and believe in him. Joe claws his way to some semblance of success. He creates jobs and buys American trucks and hardware. He is the self-reliant, hard-working risk taker. Joe owns two guns. One to hunt with. One to defend his family with. Joe is what is left of the American backbone.<\/p>\n
Joe is as proud as he is concerned that his business pays not only his <\/em>mortgage and car payments, but also <\/em>those of his employees and their families. His biggest monthly bill is his company’s health insurance plan and judging by how much government has f*cked up just about everything else they\u2019ve put their hands on, the last thing he wants government to do is get involved there. In fact, he would just as soon give his employees the ability to shop and choose their own health insurance provider. He\u2019d give them a raise if they did.<\/p>\n Joe doesn\u2019t want a handout. He doesn\u2019t want a floor beneath him because he doesn\u2019t want a ceiling above him. He doesn\u2019t want to be penalized for working hard, following the rules and realizing the American dream. He\u2019d just as soon you leave him alone and stay out of his way.<\/p>\n And for his success what does Barack Obama offer him?<\/p>\n Deep down Barack doesn\u2019t want to celebrate his success. Barack can\u2019t identify with a guy like Joe. Barack colors him \u201cwealthy\u201d and wants to take from him and give to those that can\u2019t or won\u2019t do what Joe has done.<\/p>\n Taking from the rich and giving to the poor has left us a bankrupt nation. In the interest of \u201cfairness\u201d, Barack Obama and his liberal cronies want now to take from the almost-rich and give to the almost-poor. It is time-tested formula for national failure. It is exactly the wrong course for America in a time when we need leaders for which more spending and more taxes isn\u2019t the answer to every single issue that faces our nation.<\/p>\n But of late, Joe has become outnumbered. The pendulum has swung from the ranks of the self-reliant individual that values hard work, saving, accountability, investment, financial freedom and wealth creation; The American Dream is dying a slow death by asphyxiation.<\/p>\n Swelling are the ranks of those that have given up on those values; including far too many Republicans.<\/p>\n We now suffer a majority of Americans that see government as some disassociated entity that sends them a check without regard for where it came from. Life is too tough. Government is the answer. We have a right to a home and a comfortable life and we shouldn\u2019t have to work so hard to have it. These are the people that think Joe just got lucky. And maybe he did – it\u2019s the kind of luck that comes from working hard. They don\u2019t see the sleepless nights; the seven-day work weeks; the fear of failure.<\/p>\n Welcome to the Entitlement Society. Where no one suffers and no one rises above. Where the goal is to game the system, and the Democrats will show you how. They will tell you you\u2019re pissed and rightfully so: vote for me.<\/p>\n The Democrats are leading the charge and are ignorant to risks their policies pose to the financial survival of our nation. The takers have stormed the castle of the givers and have breached the outer wall, flooding the courtyard chanting Change, Hope and \u201cObama! Obama! Obama!\u201d<\/p>\n We all need Joe. We need Joe desperately right now. But Joe may become an endangered species. Obama wants to put Joe on the ropes because Joe doesn\u2019t vote for guys like Obama.<\/p>\n …and when we have no more Joe\u2019s, our nation ceases to exist.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I were Joe the plumber I would like to think I\u2019d have answered Obama\u2019s queries a little differently. 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