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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on July 28, 2023, 08:07:56 pm

Title: Glenn Beck helps raise nearly $40,000 in minutes for Joe the Plumber, diagnosed with stage 3 cancer
Post by: libertybele on July 28, 2023, 08:07:56 pm
Glenn Beck helps raise nearly $40,000 in minutes for Joe the Plumber, diagnosed with stage 3 cancer

Joe the Plumber, an Air Force veteran and American patriot, is in a fight for his life after a tough cancer diagnosis. However, BlazeTV host Glenn Beck and his audience just made that fight a little easier by helping Joe exceed his fundraising goal in about a half-hour.

Joe Wurzelbacher of Toledo, Ohio, better known as Joe the Plumber, first became a national figure in 2008 after a chance encounter with then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher was a single father at the time, and he expressed concerns that Obama's ideas regarding taxes and wealth redistribution would negatively impact his bottom line.

Obama did not deny that it likely would. "It’s not that I want to punish your success," Obama replied. "I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.".................

https://www.theblaze.com/news/glenn-beck-helps-raise-nearly-40000-in-minutes-for-joe-the-plumber-diagnosed-with-stage-3-cancer
Title: Re: Glenn Beck helps raise nearly $40,000 in minutes for Joe the Plumber, diagnosed with stage 3 can
Post by: Bigun on July 28, 2023, 08:12:27 pm
Glenn Beck helps raise nearly $40,000 in minutes for Joe the Plumber, diagnosed with stage 3 cancer

Joe the Plumber, an Air Force veteran and American patriot, is in a fight for his life after a tough cancer diagnosis. However, BlazeTV host Glenn Beck and his audience just made that fight a little easier by helping Joe exceed his fundraising goal in about a half-hour.

Joe Wurzelbacher of Toledo, Ohio, better known as Joe the Plumber, first became a national figure in 2008 after a chance encounter with then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher was a single father at the time, and he expressed concerns that Obama's ideas regarding taxes and wealth redistribution would negatively impact his bottom line.

Obama did not deny that it likely would. "It’s not that I want to punish your success," Obama replied. "I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.".................

https://www.theblaze.com/news/glenn-beck-helps-raise-nearly-40000-in-minutes-for-joe-the-plumber-diagnosed-with-stage-3-cancer

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