Joe 'The Plumber' Wurzelbacher: Biography and Latest Articles

Biography

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, famously dubbed Joe the Plumber, is a resident of Ohio, United States who gained significant attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As an employee of a plumbing contractor, he was given the moniker "Joe the Plumber" after he was videotaped questioning then-Democratic candidate Barack Obama about his small business tax policy during a campaign stop in Ohio.

Articles

The American Graduate

By Joe 'The Plumber' Wurzelbacher

My son Joey graduated from high school over the weekend. Pretty overwhelming. In a million years my parents could not have ...

June 10, 2014

Real American Energy Could Create Real American Jobs

By Joe 'The Plumber' Wurzelbacher

President Obama supports job creation, economic growth and revenue generation – except when he doesn’t. Official announcements from his Labor Department ...

March 28, 2012

Many Bucks for Little Bang

By Joe 'The Plumber' Wurzelbacher

And now the budget cutting begins. We've got the entirely phony budget cutting program emerging from the White House and ...

February 18, 2011

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