"Joe the Plumber" Takes Center Stage in Presidential Debate

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Uploaded by on Oct 17, 2008

Fixing America's economy and helping the American worker were key topics in the final debate between the two presidential candidates. But one American's name was mentioned repeatedly by both Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama and his Republican counterpart, Senator John McCain. VOA's Robert Raffaele explains how an Ohio plumber found himself in the campaign spotlight.

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  • Dude! that's in place right now! if you make more money you ARE ALREADY taxed more!

  • Yeah! right! Go ahead...let's spread the wealth so the money I'm saving can go to the "POOR PEOPLE" so they can spend it at the mall...a

  • Already done, "Swing Vote" with KEvin Costner. Copycats...

  • Behind in the polls, and in your last debate, the election just 2 weeks away, would you bring up someone over 20 times and not check them out? Next morning news comes out that Joe is not a licensed plumber, owes back taxes, and would get a tax break under Obama's plan. Oh, and hes not registered to vote. This is McCain's example of the Americans he's trying to reach? Joe goes on CBS and makes a racial slur, comparing Obama to Sammy Davis, See Joe the Plumber makes racial slur about Obama.

  • Corporations do not pay taxes. If you add to them, they add that cost directly to the price of their product. So the consumer, the working class that need the product, pays that extra tax.

    If Obama really believes his tax plan, then he is a retard, and does not need to be president.

    If Obama knows his tax plan is false, but continues to lie about it, he does not need to be president.

    We have enough idiot liars in Washington already. Palin is fresh and new.

    Give her a chance.

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