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Plumber: "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the plumber asked, complaining that he was being taxed "more and more for fulfilling the American dream."

Ivy League Twit: "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." Senator Barack Obama, Oct. 13, 2008

SBD was under the impression that spreading the wealth around involved working at a job for the better part of a day for the better part of a whole week for the better part of a complete year for the better part of one's life and during the down time, spending one's income - one's wealth! -on necessities (plumbers), frivolities, and charity in some balanced fashion. SBD supposes that the Senator believes that taking his marginal use of plumbers (e.g., only calling one for two out of three clogs because the guvmint took the third payment in taxes) and giving it to the guy "behind" SBD so Mr. Behind can buy a Sony HDTV from Target with his income tax rebate check on income taxes he never paid is spreading the wealth.