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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Joe the plumber</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/15/1550438.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Mark MurrayMcCain makes the first aggressive move of the evening, bringing up a conversation Obama had with an Ohio plumber. McCain and the right have seized onto this part of the conversation: "I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Joe the plumber</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/15/1550438.aspx#1551598</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:59:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1551598</guid><dc:creator>Dennis A., South Bend, IN</dc:creator><description>Has anyone actually read this?! &amp;nbsp;Come on...has Obama even taken a single economics course? &amp;nbsp;Wealth redistribution NEVER works!!! &amp;nbsp;This country's citizens have the wealthy, the innovative, the entrepreneurial, and the risk takers to thank for their jobs and their paychecks. &amp;nbsp;When those individuals are forced to take cuts in their own pay, they take it from their employees or they pass it on to the consumers. &amp;nbsp;They use their business acumen to figure out how to evade the increase in taxes. &amp;nbsp;How do you think stock options became so popular...why do you think the AMT had to be put into place? &amp;nbsp;What will the motivation be for individual small business owners to grow their business? &amp;nbsp; When did a raise, and health care, and a house, and a new car, and equal pay for unequal work become rights in this country? &amp;nbsp;If you want more or you need more, work harder!!! &amp;nbsp;</description></item></channel></rss>