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Why I Don’t Like McCains Tax Plan

Here’s a quick list of reasons why I don’t like McCains tax plan:

Wealth Redistribution and Socialism? Fair Tax?

McCain and Palin have been calling Obama’s tax plan as wealth re-distribution and both have even gone so far as to link it to socialism.  They commonly cite a small snippet from Obama’s talk with Joe the Plumber when he mentions the phrase “when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everyone.”

Meet Joe the Plumber

Everyone remembers Joe the Plumber from the last presidential debate.  Remember how I commented that I was surprised to hear of a plumber that makes $250,000/year?  Well, after all the hype, what do we know about Joe (whose real name is Sam)?