Joe the plumber turns out to be Joe Sixpack. He does not have a plumber license or contractor license does not even have a union or formal training in plumbing. He has tax liens on his modest ranch house. He does not make 1/5 the amount that would require a tax increase.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/16/politics/horserace/entry4525242.shtml?tag=centerColumn;centerColumnContent

You might be interested to know that Joe the Plumber happens to be the grandson of Charles Keating!!!! What a coincidence. 

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McCain calls the Keating scandal "my asterisk." Over the years, his opponents have failed to turn it into a period.

It all started in March 1987. Charles H Keating Jr., the flamboyant developer and anti-porn crusader, needed help. The government was poised to seize Lincoln Savings and Loan, a freewheeling subsidiary of Keating's American Continental Corp

Another interesting bit on Joe is that he currently owes and is being pursued by the State of Ohio for $1200 in back taxes!! I suppose he is against taxes on himself.

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