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    Defending Joe’s Right to Earn a Living

    Conn Carroll

    October 17, 2008 at 11:27 am

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    The left is in full attack mode against Joe the Plumber. The leftist website Daily Kos has even posted his home address (and, mistakenly, even the home address of his ex-wife). Now the plumber’s union in Toledo, Ohio, is moving to put him out of business. Joe’s crime? He doesn’t like Barak Obama’s redistributionist tax policy and he does not have an official state plumbing license. The Toledo Blade reports that even though Joe’s employer has a state plumbing license and one with the City of Toledo, it is illegal … More

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