This election is loaded with irony, none more striking than the Democrats condescension toward the very people they allegedly champion : the hard working middle class of America. It started in San Francisco with Obama's referring to those "bitter people clinging to their religion and guns" to more recent smears of plumbers and others that dare to dream of their income exceeding His arbitrary definition of "rich" being over $250,000 a year. So if I understand Obama a plumber that doesn't make a lot of money should be happy with where he is and take the benefit of his class status. That is, accepting the mythological tax cut Obama is promising. And if, by his sweat, hard work, and business acumen he does get rich he should be more than happy to "spread the wealth" to those less fortunate, the loser's of life's lottery.
Well this all makes sense now! Obama and his ilk did so much to help these small business people attain their wealth that it is only logical that there be some profit-sharing arrangement for them to get their share. And of course, since these politicians were working the 14 to 16 hour days most small business people work when starting up the business it would only be right that they participate in the earnings.
In my years in business I have had the honor to watch first hand the work and dedication of small business people in pursuit of their dream. In many cases they have little more than a high school education and perform a service most of their more educated brethren would refuse to do. I admire anyone with the drive and ambition to go into business for themselves, realizing that most of them will fail in the first five years of operation. But they take the risks anyway because very few countries in the world would afford them the opportunities that America does. More often than not they succeed in spite of the government rather than with their assistance. Burdensome taxes, government paperwork and regulations, and a general public looking to take what they have in some frivilous lawsuit. Lawyers, accountants, insurance companies, and other "professionals" suck more of the profit from their businesses to deal with these bureaucratic traps. So do they really ask for the government's "help"? I think not!
Obama waxes poetic about knowing where he came from and how he understands the middle class. Hopefully he realizes that it was the American taxpayer that afforded him and his wife the opportunities for a first class education. He sure isn't acting like it!
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Like the McCain team is any better? They sneer at well-spokenness and intelligence as though they are dirty things. And come on, like McCain and his wife and their 7 houses and however many vehicles can really relate to Joe the Plumber or other small business owners? How many times was Joe the Plumber mentioned during that last presidential debate? They've totally latched onto him. There's also some question as to his legitimacy.
And since I worked for a small company for 5 years, saw the work and dedication it took to build it up, yes, I respect small business owners too. However, the motives aren't always so pure. Some small business owners go into it hoping for a cash cow, and thus we saw the crash and burn of the dot.com era.
Well, of course some of the small business owners went in to them for selfish reasons. Greed is a foundation of most capitalistic pursuits. And many of those with "pure" motives crashed and burned as well. The dot.com era was like many before it, just more visible due to media attention and the shared pain of more people participating.
As to McCain's approach to Joe the Plumber he is playing to his base just like Obama plays to his. He is behind and is pulling out all the stops. There are people on both sides that need to have a hot button issue to get them off their lazy asses and go vote. Most of McCain's play to their fears. Most of Obama's play to class envy. It is ironic that a guy like Joe, or what he represents, is a poster child for those greedy Republicans. It wasn't that many years ago that working stiffs like Joe were aligned with the Dems. A sign of the times, I guess.
As I have said many times this is a stinky election. The fact that the McCain's are wealthy based on the efforts of someone else (inherited wealth)makes them more akin to the Kennedy's. At least we know the source of this wealth. Obama's wealth is a result of people currying favor, betting on the come. I will vote for McCain but feel like both candidates are woefully inadequate to handle to job ahead.
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