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Thread #114846 Message #2467825
Posted By: Alice
16-Oct-08 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Debates: Members Only
Subject: RE: BS: The Debates: Members Only
From the Wikipedia page, this info reveals some things about Joe the plumber that may get him in some hot water ;-)
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"In his interview on ABC's Good Morning America on October 16, Wurzelbacher stated that his two current plumbing jobs were for a gas station and for a shopping center, Levis Commons. Both are commercial enterprises. [6]
This small firm is the business Wurzelbacher described to Obama as making more than $250,000 per year.[8] According to MSNBC, "While Wurzelbacher told Obama that he would be taxed at a higher rate because the company grossed more than $250,000 a year, Ohio business records show the company's estimated total annual revenue as only $100,000. Actual taxable income would be even less than that." [9]
The county Wurzelbacher and his employer live in, Lucas County, does require plumbers who perform work including sanitary drainage, water supply, storm drainage, and natural gas piping, to have licenses.[10] Neither Wurzelbacher nor his employer are licensed there, said Cheryl Schimming of Lucas County Building Regulations, which handles plumber licenses in parts of the county outside Toledo."