Carl Schramm of the Kauffman Foundation has a great commentary on the importance of "Joe the Plumber":
What appeals to me most about Joe Wurzelbacher of Ohio -- better known today as "Joe the plumber" -- is his dream. He speaks for men and women we all know, who want to own their own business, who want to make a job, not take a job.
Joe wants to join the nearly 600,000 other Americans who launch their own companies each year. The proposed solutions to our current economic crisis (and it seems there's a new one almost every day) inevitably tilt toward the government as the answer.
Yet, today, more than ever, government is not the answer, and a recent telephone survey of 816 registered voters, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, shows that a majority of Americans agree.
In that survey, 60 percent said they had the most faith and confidence in the American people and the small business owner to guide the U.S. economy.
(Thanks to Andy Tabar for passing this along)..
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