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Oct 16 2008
'Joe the Plumber' not a plumber | Print |  E-mail
By Shahram Vahdany   
Turns out that the man who was held up by John McCain as the typical, hard-working American taxpayer isn't really a licensed plumber. And court documents show he owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes. According to Associated Press.

"Joe," whose name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, was cited repeatedly in Wednesday night's final presidential debate by McCain for questioning Barack Obama's tax policy.

Wurzelbacher instantly became a media celebrity, fielding calls during the debate and facing reporters outside his home near Toledo on Thursday morning for an impromptu nationally televised news conference.

The burly, bald man acknowledged he doesn't have a plumber's license, but said he didn't need one because he works for someone else at a company that does residential work.

But Wurzelbacher still would need to be a licensed apprentice or journeyman to work in Toledo, and he's not, said David Golis, manager and residential building official for the Toledo Division of Building Inspection.

State and local records show Wurzelbacher has no license, although his employer does. Golis said there are no records of inspectors citing Wurzelbacher for unlicensed work in Toledo.

And then there was the matter of his taxes.

Wurzelbacher owes the state of Ohio $1,182.98 in personal income tax, according to Lucas County Court of Common Pleas records.

In January 2007, Ohio's Department of Taxation filed a claim on his property until he pays the debt, according to the records. The lien remains active.

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1. 16-10-2008 15:53
Doesn't change the fact that O'Bozo Hussein let his Socialist Mask slip enough to reveal his Marxist beliefs. "Spreading the wealth" springs directly from Marx to O'Bozo Hussein from the time he is 12 years old, not to mention his socialist parent and Grandparents, until his community agitator training in Chicago. 
 
And let's not forget the UN tax bill he sponsored that is getting zero MSM press either. Shall i go on? I can, he's a treasure trove of mystery and surprises!javascript:ac_smilie(':eek')
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2. 04-11-2008 05:20
Silly Billy
Poor Silly Billy, he's still waiting for Regan's 'nomics to trickle down enough for Sam the Plumber to pay his taxes and fulfil his aspirations of getting a Plumber's licence - in the "Land of Opportunity". 
Poor Silly Billy. He sits there in the audience of the Punch and Judy show dreaming passionately of all the things Punch ought to do to Judy, just because he gets a buzz out of the feeling of being on the side of "Power" and he doesn't even care, perhaps he doesn't even realise, that it's all just a fantasy, a charade, a little show put on to keep him from seeing the realities that might make him very angry, if he wasn't so dumb. 
Poor Silly Billy. he wouldn't understand, even if John McCain won office and waged vicious war against the whole world gaining control of ALL the resources for joyful Americans who can now feel secure and believe they will be able to drive their SUV's forever and find a McDonalds or a WalMart anywhere in the world (if ever they decide to go there) and who cares if it all happens just before the planetary melt-down, it's all just a fantasy anyway, like Superman, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. Nothing is real. 
Poor Silly Billy. He thinks Nothing is real.
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3. 04-11-2008 05:29
Poor Silly Billy
Poor Silly Billy. He thinks Socialism is the work of the devil. He thinks it's "Government Intervention" in the sacred domain of private enterprise, which we all know is best left to "Market Forces". 
Poor Silly Billy. He thinks Socialists are going to feed the starving refugees of American wars and provide free medical care and education to the teeming unworthy, and his hnees will buckle under the weight of it all because it's ALL going to be paid for out of HIS taxes. 
Poor poor Silly Billy
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