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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:23 PM Original message |
The Joe Plumber thing makes no sense to me......... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. I've wondered if he's a plant |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he was a paid operative of the gop. |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well I don't know if he is a plant but I don't think he's telling the whole truth. nt |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I doubt he's lying. Just confused about income versus profit. |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yep nt |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. But does McCain know the difference? |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Maybe BO can use this in the next few days to discredit the Mcain.. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That would be easy and natural |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There is a lot starting to possibly surface out here about Joe's backgroud as well |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Or, he just doesn't understand how he is taxed is on income...not revenue. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's the point. Andrea Mitchell just reported |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Good for her for once!!...lol ...it didn't pass the smell test nt |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. And I didn't need for her to report it to know it! :) |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's exactly what I was thinking. |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. What 10% - 15% profit max on a small business? That means 2.5 mil rev |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. No talk of Flat tax from McCain, so we gotta have Joe. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. I had never heard of Joe the Plumber thing until tonight |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. McCain pulled Joe out of the toilet. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. fact check |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Good! n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. That settles that, then. n/t |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Joe the Plummer is the Elmer's Glue All of the McCain platform. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gold plated pluming fixtures??? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Joe the plumber is not much of a businessman |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, Joe's a moron and McCain is exploiting him to mislead people. And the media cooperates. |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. maybe by tonight KO or the MSM.... |
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theDash (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Obama disappointed me in his response... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. I can see him making that much. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I think he says it's a two-man operation, including himself |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No way a two man op makes that much. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Here's a direct quote from the man himself: |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. 70 x 2 x 40 x 52 = $291,200 Revenue..NOT profit n/t |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes, I know, that's what I'm saying (nt) |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Ok..just clarifying...thanks nt |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. For him or his business to be making $250k profit...revenues would have to be 2.5 mil or so.... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. Plumbers do make very good money. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Yes, but CNN reported "only once" that THIS Joe does not yet net $250,000/ year and |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Well, and even if he did not benefit from Obama's plan... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I don't have a link yet, but am reading that Joe is a close friend of Keating's son-in-law? |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
28. I have a friend that has a small business and he tells me... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So the tax brackets are applied *before* salaries and expenses are allowed for? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Your friend is wrong. EOM |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Check this out..... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Your friend is a low information voter |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. Andrea Mitchell came on MSNBC after and had to concede |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. This will probaly clear things up |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. HEHEHE... also talk he may not be registered to vote....thanks |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. I thought he wanted to BUY the business, in which case, good |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You are correct! and thanks for the tip! nt |
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