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.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/23759/2683/662/655305http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7x0YyLDonoAnd remember we learn he's now living on donations from strangers. I think its going to be interesting in the coming Obama years to see how this *hole fares though I'm tired of seeing his bald mug.