Fact-checking

Take a quote like this from Factcheck.org:

McCain said “Joe the plumber” faced “much higher taxes” under Obama’s tax plan and would pay a fine under Obama’s health care plan if he failed to provide coverage for his workers. But Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher would pay higher taxes only if the business he says he wants to buy puts his income over $200,000 a year, and his small business would be exempt from Obama’s requirement to provide coverage for workers.

For me, this hardly clarifies the issue. The $200,000 number must be referring to a tax bracket that already exists and would theoretically be the same under McCain, because we know the magic number for Obama is $250,000, the cutoff at which people would face higher taxes than they would under McCain. Sorry Joe, "Share the Wealth" is part of the American Dream, that's why we have a progressive income tax. If you don't like that, vote for Ron Paul. Remember, sharing the wealth makes a safer society for everyone, and I urge you to remember where you came from and think about the breaks you got as a taxpayer bc wealthier people where bearing the heftier share of the tax burden. If you make six figures, maybe it's your turn to support that burden.