Well, for one, we know that Joe is only denotationally "blue collar" -- connotationally, that label seems inappropriate, given that, as I understand from the debate, he makes over $250K/year.
We also know that he's not the kind of growth engine that we have in mind when we talk about tax breaks: we will have plumbers proportional to demand and the number of people who are trained to be plumbers. Joe has made some good decisions, and we should commend him for those. But cutting his taxes will not save the economy; and it will not repair our roads, schools and air quality.
We also know that he's not the kind of growth engine that we have in mind when we talk about tax breaks: we will have plumbers proportional to demand and the number of people who are trained to be plumbers. Joe has made some good decisions, and we should commend him for those. But cutting his taxes will not save the economy; and it will not repair our roads, schools and air quality.
Finally, we know that Joe has made some decisions about how seriously he wants to be taken in this election cycle, specifically:
Two readers with access to the Ohio voter file say that Joe Wurzelbacher's inluence on this cycle will be limited in one way: He doesn't appear to be registered to vote.On a related note, here's an interesting word-usage break down:
McCain:
Joe 23Obama:
Barack 0
Obama 55
Joe 9
John 9
McCain 37
UPDATE: It turns out none of this is true. Various sources confirm today:
- Joe does not make $250K/year the figure is actually closer to $50K/year
- The company he's "thinking about buying" makes closer to $100K/year than $250K/year
- Joe does not even have a plumber's license, and shouldn't even legally be working for the company
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