Topic: joe the plumber

Why Obama’s tax plan works — even for Joe the Plumber

October 20, 2008 |

As the 2008 Presidential election draws closer still, with just a little over two weeks before the big day, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have locked horns on the single most misunderstood issue of the entire campaign: taxes. The campaign rhetoric has reached a redundant pitch where the McCain campaign has brought out the unlikely hero of Joe Wurzelbacher, commonly known as “Joe the Plumber.”

This is obviously a different kind of Joe from the “Joe Sixpack” from Sarah Palin’s disastrous, wink-wink performance in the Vice Presidential debate. In the third Presidential debate last week, McCain invoked the Iowa plumber, who asked Obama if his taxes would increase if he bought a business that had an income of $250,000.

Obama’s response was that any revenue over $250,000 would be taxed at 39 percent instead of 35 percent. «Read the rest of this article»

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Meet Joe, the real plumber

October 19, 2008 |

Sen. John McCain, meet Joe the plumber. Unlike Samuel Wurzelbacher, Joe’s given name is…Joe.

And, unlike Wurzelbacher, he’s a licensed plumber.

Joe Moenck, a plumber in Zumbrota, Minn., is a member of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (UA) Local 6—which, like all building and construction trades unions, has high professional standards for its members—such as making sure they hold a license to practice their craft. «Read the rest of this article»

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