A person that either:

1) protends of being every day lower to middle class yet makes a butt load of cash ($250k+).

2) is unclear on the concept of taxable income versus business revenues (one is taxable, the other is not the value to which your taxes are based). Joe Plumber fails to realize if he collects $250k for his services, he is only taxed on the profits which are assuredly far less that $250k.

1: a fictional person representing the whole of the people; mostly the lower to middle class.

2: a political strategy where one side asks the other what he would do for the above mentioned.

the surprise star of the 3rd and final presidential debate of 2008.

An individual named Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher who was the surprise star of the final 2008 presidential debate between now president-Elect Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain as a feeble attempt at defeating Barack Obama during said debate. He was made famous by questioning Barack Obama's proposed tax policies, which was blown completely out of proportion and twisted out of context beyond recognition by the McCain campaign and the FOX News corporation. He was also made infamous for being an unlicensed plumber who owed back taxes to the IRS, which was never mentioned by the McCain campaign.

euphemism for an idiot, or someone who speaks without any knowledge of what they claim to be a professional of. Unlicensed, unqualified and uninformed. A dufus.

A JACK-LEG, "under the table" plumber who should have stayed out of the national spotlight because he has no plumbing license and owes back taxes. Neither presidential candidate owes him anything.

"Joe the Plumber," aka Joe Wurzelbacher referred to in the 2008 presidential election was used as a tool by McCain to make Obama appear as if he were raising taxes for the common man.

In actuality, under Obama's economic plan, "Joe The Plumber" would only be taxed if his company made over $250,000 a year.

McCain used this as spin to confuse undecided voters that Obama was taxing "Middle America" when in actuality he promises not to raise taxes for 95% of Americans.

though the entire republican party hates his very existance, ole joe the plumber is tricked into expecting tax cuts and a fair share of healthcare benifits to be handed from the very party that hates hard workers and/with sensible values. kinda like you and me.