Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 25, 2008

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Your favorite fictional characters from the debates -- Joe Six-Pack & Joe The Plumber Joe: Boy, this election's got me confused, Joe! Joe: URP You said it, Joe! Joe: I mean look at this! You need a Ph.D. to make sense of all these numbers! Joe: And letters! The Liberal Elite If you make less than $250,000, you will pay less in taxes under Obama's plan than under McCain's Joe: All I know is, Obama says he's gonna raise taxes on the rich! Joe, that doesn't seem fair! GLUG GLUG Just my luck, then I'LL get rich, and the government will send some fancypants to take away the solid gold pogo stick I've always dreamed of. I.R.S. Joe: Hey, it's JOE LUNCHBUCKET! What do you think, Joe? Joe: Well, I'm just a REGULAR JOE... Joe: ...but I know that McCain wants to give 85% of his tax cuts to the top 1% of taxpayers! That makes sense for America, Joe! Joe: I mean, I don't want a big tax cut! I want the benefit of a tax cut for the RICH to TRICKLE DOWN to me! Joe: Those socialists aren't gettin' my gold pogo stick, Joe! Joe: Have a cuppa joe, Joe. Paid for by the Committee for Desperate Attempts to Use Joe-Based Archetypes to Put a Common, Folksy Face on Policies That Greatly Favor Only the Extremely Wealthy