Tapper, Jake (14 oktober 2008). ”‘Spread the Wealth’?” (på engelska). ”Political Punch” blog. ABCNews.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 26 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081026174223/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/spread-the-weal.html. Läst 29 oktober 2008. ”’[---] it’s not that I want to punish your success – I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got a chance at success too. [---] My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off [...] if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.’”
Montopoli, Brian (16 oktober 2008). ”Joe The Plumber’s Chat With Couric” (på engelska). CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/16/politics/horserace/entry4525242.shtml. Läst 16 oktober 2008. ”Not right now at presently, but, you know, question, so he’s going to do that now for people who make $250,000 a year. When’s he going to decide that $100,000 is too much, you know? I mean, you’re on a slippery slope here. You vote on somebody who decides that $250,000 and you’re rich? And $100,000 and you’re rich? I mean, where does it end? [---] You know, I’ve always wanted to ask one of these guys a question and really corner them and get them to answer a question of--for once instead of tap dancing around it. And unfortunately I asked the question but I still got a tap dance. Do you - almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.”
”ABC News video ’Joe the Plumber’” (på engelska). 15 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 19 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019073936/http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6031110. Läst 20 oktober 2008. ”If you’re a small business, which you would qualify, first of all, you would get a 50 percent tax credit so you’d get a cut in taxes for your health care costs. So you would actually get a tax cut on that part. If your revenue is above 250, then from 250 down, your taxes are going to stay the same. It is true that, say for 250 up — from 250 to 300 or so, so for that additional amount, you’d go from 36 to 39 percent, which is what it was under Bill Clinton.”
”Meet Joe the Plumber” (på engelska). Video. ABC News. 16 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 17 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017221710/http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6047458. Läst 16 oktober 2008. ”No, not even close. [---] / And the McCain camp, some people have said did they contact you and tell you that you were going to be a major part of this, and had they contacted you before that encounter with Senator Obama? / Oh no, no, no one’s contacted me as far as if I was going to be on the debate or as far as my name being used. No. I have been contacted by them and asked to show up at a rally. But, other than that, no. I just happened to be here and Barack Obama happened to show up.”
Ibanga, Imaeyan; Goldman, Russell (16 oktober 2008). ”America’s Overnight Sensation Joe the Plumber Owes $1,200 in Taxes” (på engelska). ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=6047360&page=1. Läst 25 oktober 2008. ”Losie said Wurzelbacher owes $1,182 from January 2007, but no action has been taken against him outside of filing the lien. ’There is no judge pulled, there is no attorney assigned... There is a 99 percent chance he doesn’t know about the lien, unless he did a credit report or was ready to pay his taxes,’ Losie said.”
”John McCain telephones ‘Joe the Plumber’” (på engelska). Breaking News > World. inquirer.net. 18 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 19 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019130534/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081018-167115/John-McCain-telephones-Joe-the-Plumber. Läst 4 december 2008. ”’He’s a great guy,’ McCain said, and ’proud of his grandfather who served in the US Marines Corps.’ [---] ’We’re going to fight for Joe, my friends, we are going to fight for him,’ McCain said. ’The question Joe asked about our economy is important, because Senator Obama’s plan would raise taxes on small businesses that employ 16 million Americans. Senator Obama’s plan will kill those jobs at just the time when we need to be creating more jobs,’ he said. Said McCain: ’My plan will create jobs, and that’s what America needs.’”
Miller, S.A. (22 oktober 2008). ”Obama: McCain’s for ’Joe the CEO’” (på engelska). The Washington Times. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/22/obama-mccains-joe-ceo/. Läst 26 oktober 2008. ”’He’s not fighting for Joe the Plumber. He’s fighting for Joe the Hedge Fund Manager,’ the Democratic presidential nominee said. ’He likes to talk about Joe the Plumber but he’s in cahoots with Joe the CEO.’ [---] ’He wants government to take Joe’s money and give it to somebody else. His hard-earned dollars,’ Mr. McCain said at a recent rally in Pennsylvania.”
”ABC News video ’Joe the Plumber’” (på engelska). 15 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 19 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019073936/http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6031110. Läst 20 oktober 2008. ”If you’re a small business, which you would qualify, first of all, you would get a 50 percent tax credit so you’d get a cut in taxes for your health care costs. So you would actually get a tax cut on that part. If your revenue is above 250, then from 250 down, your taxes are going to stay the same. It is true that, say for 250 up — from 250 to 300 or so, so for that additional amount, you’d go from 36 to 39 percent, which is what it was under Bill Clinton.”
Tapper, Jake (14 oktober 2008). ”‘Spread the Wealth’?” (på engelska). ”Political Punch” blog. ABCNews.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 26 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081026174223/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/spread-the-weal.html. Läst 29 oktober 2008. ”’[---] it’s not that I want to punish your success – I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got a chance at success too. [---] My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off [...] if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.’”
”Meet Joe the Plumber” (på engelska). Video. ABC News. 16 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 17 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017221710/http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6047458. Läst 16 oktober 2008. ”No, not even close. [---] / And the McCain camp, some people have said did they contact you and tell you that you were going to be a major part of this, and had they contacted you before that encounter with Senator Obama? / Oh no, no, no one’s contacted me as far as if I was going to be on the debate or as far as my name being used. No. I have been contacted by them and asked to show up at a rally. But, other than that, no. I just happened to be here and Barack Obama happened to show up.”
”John McCain telephones ‘Joe the Plumber’” (på engelska). Breaking News > World. inquirer.net. 18 oktober 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 19 oktober 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019130534/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081018-167115/John-McCain-telephones-Joe-the-Plumber. Läst 4 december 2008. ”’He’s a great guy,’ McCain said, and ’proud of his grandfather who served in the US Marines Corps.’ [---] ’We’re going to fight for Joe, my friends, we are going to fight for him,’ McCain said. ’The question Joe asked about our economy is important, because Senator Obama’s plan would raise taxes on small businesses that employ 16 million Americans. Senator Obama’s plan will kill those jobs at just the time when we need to be creating more jobs,’ he said. Said McCain: ’My plan will create jobs, and that’s what America needs.’”