Joe Not the Plumber - WIKIPEDIA
Encounter with Obama:
As ABC News cameraman Scott Shulman recorded the conversation, Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's tax plan would be at odds with "the American dream." Wurzelbacher said,
"I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand dollars a year. Your new tax plan's going to tax me more, isn't it?"
Plumbing career
Wurzelbacher told the New York Times he is one of two employees of a small plumbing firm, Newell Plumbing and Heating Co. of Toledo, the company he described to Obama as making $250,000 to $280,000 per year. Wurzelbacher said that the idea of buying the company was discussed during his job interview six years prior. According to MSNBC and Fox News, court records show that Wurzelbacher made $40,000 in 2006.
Even if he did buy Newell Plumbing and Heating, Obama’s tax plan wouldn’t affect him. 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. .
An Associated Press article reported that Wurzelbacher does not have a plumber's license. Local 50 of the United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics, which had endorsed Obama, stated that Wurzelbacher has not yet completed the apprentice program he began in 2003.
Wurzelbacher also acknowledged that he had
no specific plans for buying Newell’s business, saying he and Newell had simply talked about the idea from time to time. He might have difficulty making the purchase:
Court records from his divorce show that Wurzelbacher made $40,000 in 2006. He also owes back taxes, and has a history of being on welfare.
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