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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Xlink: MSNBC/Krugman Panic Over "White Rural
Date: 03/02/24 9:49 AM
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<Remember Joe the Plumber? He owned his own plumbing business and was pretty well off. MAGA includes thousands of small-business owners like Joe.>

You mean MAGA includes thousands of delusional liars just like Joe?

Joe lied, he never owned a plumbing business:

"Regarding his statement to Barack Obama about intending to buy the plumbing firm that employed him, Wurzelbacher later said that the idea of buying the company was discussed six years prior. (He never actually bought it.) Court records show that Wurzelbacher made $40,000 in 2006."

"Wurzelbacher acknowledged that he didn’t even have a plumber’s license, saying he didn’t need one because he worked for small plumbing company owned by someone else."

en.wikipedia.org - Joe the Plumber

sandiegouniontribune.com - Joe the plumber who questioned obamas tax policies during the campaign has died at
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