In their final debate Wednesday night, both candidates made references to "Joe the plumber," a man whom Obama met while campaigning. Joe Wurzelbacher in Ohio asked Obama about his tax plan. Joe has been working for a plumbing business and wants to buy it, but he was concerned that Obama's tax plan would make him pay higher taxes onces he owned the business. Senator Obama replied that it's possible Joe would have to pay higher taxes like others who make $250,000 a year or more. He also said that it's better to lower taxes for the little guys (less than $250,000 a year) so they can invest in businesses like the plumbing company Joe wants to buy.
McCain said that Obama's plan would give the money to the government for them to spread the country's wealth around, while he intends to have citizens spread it around themselves. CNN remained pretty unbiased in this article, but in others I have read on CNN their political analysts think this was a weak spot for McCain. They don't believe this is the right time to promote power to the individual--citizens are angry and worried about the economy, their savings, and their future--that, at a time like this, Americans generally want to give their trust over to the government to let them deal with things.
I already know who I will vote for, and if you've been following my blog here you can probably guess who. It saddens me that the debates are over, but I've learned some interesting things about the candidates and have found even more strength in the candidate I was leaning toward from the very beginning.
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[posted late, on Oct. 21]
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Snow, Mary. " 'Joe the Plumber' happy to help candidates make point." CNN.com. 16 Oct 2008. CNN. 22 Oct 2008 <http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/joe.plumber/index.html>.
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