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Are you sick and tired of being forced to file a tax return every year? This man has an answer.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Am I sick and tired of being forced to delete a Joe The Plumber post every month? Am I! -- cortex
Seems there's a 99 cent tax on your vote.
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 10:34 AM on April 16, 2009 [6 favorites]
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 10:34 AM on April 16, 2009 [6 favorites]
LOLNOTJOETHENOTPLUMBER
Can we please start ignoring him now? It's really the only way to get him to stop.
posted by dersins at 10:35 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Can we please start ignoring him now? It's really the only way to get him to stop.
posted by dersins at 10:35 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Abolish the every vote will count!
posted by inconsequentialist at 10:36 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by inconsequentialist at 10:36 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Does he still have that tax lien against him?
posted by orme at 10:37 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by orme at 10:37 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Most votes involve you having to go to a polling station which takes up a lot of your time. We have created a system that is fast and efficient which can be done anywhere instantly.
O RLY
posted by fusinski at 10:37 AM on April 16, 2009
O RLY
posted by fusinski at 10:37 AM on April 16, 2009
I'm sure the IRS is breathing a huge sigh of relief, that Joe waited until April 16th to start his campaign.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:39 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:39 AM on April 16, 2009
You should put a warning on your link... I really didn't want to boost his hit count.
posted by Foosnark at 10:40 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by Foosnark at 10:40 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
But seriously, guys, he HATES all this publicity. No, really! He says so all the time!
posted by billysumday at 10:40 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by billysumday at 10:40 AM on April 16, 2009
You know, it physically hurts to have to look at this guy's face.
posted by dunkadunc at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by dunkadunc at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
50% Fees taken by Telecoms providers such as MCI, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint etc.
20% Advertising and Public relations*.
10% Payment collection
7% Production costs and salaries for team
5% Platform costs to service providers
8% Leftover after other costs
No surprises where that 8% is going.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
20% Advertising and Public relations*.
10% Payment collection
7% Production costs and salaries for team
5% Platform costs to service providers
8% Leftover after other costs
No surprises where that 8% is going.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
If we just implemented a 99c "shooting your mouth off" tax, we really could abolish the IRS.
posted by Kadin2048 at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Kadin2048 at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Not a politician, my ass....
posted by Xurando at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Xurando at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
This is an excellent example of the sorts of basic human rights, like voting rights, that will have a price tag on them if we eliminate government revenue to the point that many Republicans want.
posted by grouse at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by grouse at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
He totally stole this idea from my Send Me a Dollar, Bitches! campaign, which I in turn adapted from a Soupy Sales gag wherein he counseled his young viewers to rifle through their parents' wallets, remove any green papers found therein, and remit said papers to him.
posted by Mister_A at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Mister_A at 10:41 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
why get screwed by the government when you can be roto-rootered?
posted by pyramid termite at 10:43 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by pyramid termite at 10:43 AM on April 16, 2009
I voted to keep the IRS and he still wanted me to buy an "Abolish the IRS!" t-shirt. He seems like one of those people that asks a question, doesn't wait for the answer, and just keeps talking.
I vote to abolish HIM!
posted by blue_beetle at 10:43 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
I vote to abolish HIM!
posted by blue_beetle at 10:43 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Some Americans hate taxes. They hate social services. They hate government. And then they cry when government doesn't work.
If I were a boot, I would never stop kicking those people.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:44 AM on April 16, 2009 [11 favorites]
If I were a boot, I would never stop kicking those people.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:44 AM on April 16, 2009 [11 favorites]
This is an excellent example of the sorts of basic human rights, like voting rights, that will have a price tag on them if we eliminate government revenue to the point that many Republicans want.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:44 AM on April 16, 2009
I'd buy that for a dollar!
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:44 AM on April 16, 2009
Dear GOP: Please, please run this guy for national office.
posted by Ratio at 10:45 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Ratio at 10:45 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
Yay! I've always wanted a t-shirt showing my support for the IRS (strangely, their website lacks a "merchandise" section). Thanks Joe the Plumber!
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:46 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:46 AM on April 16, 2009
The IRS sends out an average 8 billion page of paper every tax season. If all the pieces of paper were laid out end-to-end, it would wrap around the earth 28 times.
OMG SMALL THINGS GET BIGGER WHEN U PUT A LOT OF THEM TOGETHER! AOBOLISH TEH IRS!!!11!
posted by Ratio at 10:48 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
OMG SMALL THINGS GET BIGGER WHEN U PUT A LOT OF THEM TOGETHER! AOBOLISH TEH IRS!!!11!
posted by Ratio at 10:48 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
When ever I see that man I want to throw out my Springstein CDs and give up on my working class roots.
posted by munchingzombie at 10:48 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by munchingzombie at 10:48 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
That shiny skull looks just ripe for teabagging.
Got to love the sheer Americana that's pay-to-vote, though. Participatory democracy meets entrepreneurship!
posted by Nelson at 10:50 AM on April 16, 2009
Got to love the sheer Americana that's pay-to-vote, though. Participatory democracy meets entrepreneurship!
posted by Nelson at 10:50 AM on April 16, 2009
I, for one, welcome our new Republican opponents. May the scum continue to rise to the top.
posted by Salvor Hardin at 10:51 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by Salvor Hardin at 10:51 AM on April 16, 2009
Who is this Springstein you speak of? Zombie Bruce? BRAAAAAINS in the USA?
posted by Mister_A at 10:52 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by Mister_A at 10:52 AM on April 16, 2009
At the bottom of the page it says "ABOLISH THE IRS" with a red X over the "IRS" bit. What does that mean? Abolish the anti-IRS, thus canceling out the real one? Who knows, back to living in fear of audits.
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:53 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:53 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
I like how he's pointing his finger at you in the banner. He's confrontational and in your face. He's not going to let the IRS tell him what to do. You know, unless he needs to utilize a public service paid even in part by tax dollars. Then, he's probably OK with them.
I sincerely hope this clown continues hopping from one opportunistic gimmick after another. I see a great future ahead of him. His speaking style in the auto-loading video immediately brought to mind, "So come on down to Barry's Ford, where the customer is ALWAYS number one."
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 10:57 AM on April 16, 2009
I sincerely hope this clown continues hopping from one opportunistic gimmick after another. I see a great future ahead of him. His speaking style in the auto-loading video immediately brought to mind, "So come on down to Barry's Ford, where the customer is ALWAYS number one."
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 10:57 AM on April 16, 2009
Is there somewhere that you can buy "AUDIT JOE THE PLUMBER" t-shirts?
posted by Comrade_robot at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Comrade_robot at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
It doesn't seem like anyone is going to say anything nice about Mr. Wurzelbacher, so I will take the role of Official MetaContrarian for this thread, and will announce that
posted by Mister_A at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Mister_A at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
You know who else was no worse than Hitler?
posted by nasreddin at 11:03 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by nasreddin at 11:03 AM on April 16, 2009 [3 favorites]
99c for a text message is exactly $0.99 more than his subscribers' taxes will increase ... in 2011.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 11:05 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 11:05 AM on April 16, 2009
We've identified your target audience, Joe. Now get out there and sell!
posted by boo_radley at 11:07 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by boo_radley at 11:07 AM on April 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Imagine a boot kicking a man with his head up his ass, forever.
posted by RussHy at 11:08 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by RussHy at 11:08 AM on April 16, 2009 [5 favorites]
aahh . . . political revolution a la 'american idol.' text your vote now, patriots.
posted by barrett caulk at 11:10 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by barrett caulk at 11:10 AM on April 16, 2009
Im Joe the Plumber, and I'm not a politician.
Nor are you, strictly speaking, a plumber.
posted by hifiparasol at 11:11 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Nor are you, strictly speaking, a plumber.
posted by hifiparasol at 11:11 AM on April 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
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