Obama to Joe the Plumber: "My Plan is to Spread the Wealth Around" - Obama tells a tax-burdened plumber, "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too." Obama claims that the majority of small businesses make less than $250,000 a year, which is a flat out lie. One of Barack Obamas most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of working families. He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the governments tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% — which is lower than it is today.