[lbo-talk] Joe the Plumber, $250k+ business owner, as average American?

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 17 05:07:41 PDT 2008


On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Max B. Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:


> But he does represent something bigger, in the sense of workers who would
> like
> to work for themselves, look wistfully at a dimly understood opportunity,
> and
> out of misinformation worry that the tax system will deny them.

Yes. Listening to an interview on the radio yesterday, it was clear that it wasn't his current situation he was concerned about, but that he was worried about the tax implications to that which he aspired to.

A handy illustration of the dominant mindset.

-- Andy



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