[lbo-talk] Joe the Plumber, $250k+ business owner, as average American?

[Sean Andrews]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:11 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> About this new "Joe the Plumber" crap:
>
> I'm very interested in the specific details of a) whether Joe the Plumber works "10 to 12 hours per day [sic]," b) as "a plumber," and c) because of this, in the current economy, can buy a business worth OVER a quarter of a million dollars.

It gets better...according to Bloomberg, he really doesn't like to pay
taxes--so much so that he owes the state of Ohio $1,200 in back taxes.

 Also, they point out that, under Obama's plan, he would pay...wait
for it...$900 more for his estimated $280,000 business.  And this,
evidently, is enough to push him over the edge so that he would be
unable to purchase that business.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aWDHvDjnDnTs&refer=home

also, according to the NYT, he isn't a licensed plumber

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/joe-in-the-spotlight/

and there is speculation about him being related to someone implicated
in the Keating trails, though that seems even too pedestrian and
stupid for the McCain campaign.

-s