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Joe the Plumber got it wrong. Obamas plan specifically excludes small businesses. If he PERSONALLY makes m,ore than 250k his taxes will go up a little. Joe Lunchbucket is the guy earning 38k a year and raising a family on that gross sum. Its hard to empathize with a guy who ONLY clears 75k a year, barely SCRAPING BY. Thats TWICE what Joe Lunchbucket grosses. Is anybody claiming that 250k is NOT well-to-do? One percent of that net 75k is $750. Would that $750 put him in financial hardship? food stamps? It would mean a great deal to Joe Lunchbucket and his family. He is ready, willing, and able to work and has some marketable skills. He isnt a welfare cheat, drug addict, or a lazy bum, just an average worker. He just needs a little help right now, like a LOT of people. Thru no fault of his own, there is no work available. The greedy Wall Street crooks and thieves have run our financial syatem in the ground, and gotten wealthy as they did it. They should go to jail. Period. Do NOT pass go. Deregulation did NOT work, and that much is obvious. lack of oversight was an open invitation to steal, and they did. Now Joe Lunchbucket is being asked to bail their sorry butts out. Are they asking any more from business in this mess? No, its just Joe Lunchbucket and his taxes. Who can afford it less?