Don't Plumbers make significantly more than most workers?

[Convertee]

Don't they make something like 20-50 dollars a hour?

I know I pay out the ass whenever I hire one.

[daninthemoon]

1. McCain said he's rich.

[Wapsie B]

2. I swear some make as much as surgeons.

Only half-kidding there.

[AnnieBW]

3. Shit, yeah

One of my Mom's friends was married to a guy who owned his own plumbing business. They had the nicest house of all of her gang, retired and bought a big house in Florida.

[Arrowhead2k1]

4. Yeah, Joe plumber is a rich son of bitch.

I don't care to hear his whining. What about Joe freaking Janitor?!

[marew]

5. Hey, I'm a retired teacher.

A friend of mine left teaching after one year to be a plumber because he could make so much money.

[unpossibles]

6. this one charges at least $100-120 an hour

I'd say if he were my plumber I'd be looking for another one. I wonder how his union feels?

[Jersey Ginny]

7. I had a plumber who opened a drain pipe and black slime fell on his head

These guys deserve the money they make. It's honest work (mostly) and a lot of their work is yucky IMO.

[enki23]

8. If you score in the top 5% on your SAT, you are smart

...even if your mom's a plumber. If your income is in the top 5% of the nation, you're rich, even if your presidential pick is an asshole.

[soleft]

9. They're rich as Roosevelt

[Clovis Sangrail]

10. It really depends. If they've got their own business they can make serious bank

union plumbers make a good living

In either case ... they work directly with sewage and other nasty stuff.
They deserve what they make.

[mrcheerful]

11. Joe the plumber isn't the guy who comes to your house, he is the guy who sends

the guy to your house to fix your pipes. Funny thing is, buy a few how to books, read them, practice sweating pipes with a torch or in todays plastic world just glue the pipes together. I almost forgot, most plumbing is plastic, I learned how to solder ( sweating )copper pipes as a youngster in the dead of a michigan winter helping dad when the copper water pipes froze.

[safeinOhio]

12. check out "shark bites" at home depot

its a snap and no more sweating pipes. Plumbers won't use them on the job because they lose too much time. But, they use them on their own pipes.

[mrcheerful]

15. They didn't have those in the 60's and 70's. When I was helping dad under the house

the house I'm buying has plastic pipes, I'm not to keen on them but they are easier to replace and easier to handle then copper.

[baldguy]

13. They're highly traind & skilled craftsmen.

And Obama's health plan will still save them money.

[Schema Thing]

17. meh. They know how to do it quickly.

it ain't brain surgery.

[FatDave]

14. Not according to this site

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Plumber/Salary

Says the average salary after 20 years of experience is $50K. $37K to start. Self-employed plumbers they put at $57K. A decent, honest living, but no fucking quarter-million.

[Sodan]

16. Joe's business will be fine after this :D

[TheCoxwain]

18. An asshole plumberhad charged me $765 for changing a tail pipe ( 2 hour job)

I felt absolutely ripped off

[FatDave]

19. Should have gone to a mechanic?

:shrug:

[Beregond2]

20. Joe is going to pay $900 more a year in taxes

under Obama's plan. My heart does NOT bleed for him.