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

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Thu Oct 16 18:15:23 PDT 2008


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:11 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


> 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.

You'd be surprised how many guys have worked in the construction trades for a few decades and have several hundred thousand dollars in the bank. Neighborhoods like Bay Ridge and Howard Beach, not to mention large portions of Staten and Long Islands, are full of this type.

-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."



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