Joe the Plumber is a child of welfare

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Why yes..... it is Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos.... how dare liberal bloggers hold Joe-the-Plumber accountable... []

Joe the Plumber is a welfare queen too...
By John Amato Thursday Nov 06, 2008 1:04pm
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/joe-plumber-welfare-queen-too

   Colmes: Do you really doubt that Barack Obama's loyalty to the United States?

   Plumber: Ah...to a Democracy "yes," I mean, right back to the, as far as the Socialism issues, spreading the wealth around. I mean, Alan that is right out of Karl Marx.....Webster dictionary...government health care...

   Colmes: You don't think he's loyal to our country?

   Plumber Joe: To democracy? He's proposing a lot of changes that could change the core of America, don't you think?

   Plumber Joe: Was it patriotic for Joe Biden to say "take my money and give it to other people? That's patriotism?

   Colmes: Well, let me ask, you were on welfare once, was that taking somebodies else's money and giving it to you?

   Plumber Joe: Paid into welfare. It something to be used, not to be abused like it often is.

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Joe The Welfare King
by Jed L
Thu Nov 06, 2008 at 09:15:04 AM PST
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/23759/2683/662/655305

So it turns out that when Plumber Joe was a child, he was on welfare, not once, but twice, and he credits it with helping his family ultimately lead a middle-class life style. He defends having received welfare by saying that he's subsequently paid into the system.

In other words, well-designed taxpayer-funded social assistance programs are fine because ultimately they will pay for themselves.

Suddenly we have Joe The Reasonable, right? Well, not exactly. Plumber Joe has got something of a tax dodging problem. In the end, he's just another typical Republican hypocrite.