Bob Klahn -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 BK>  ...

 BK>>>  Joe the plumber has no training, no license, no registration,

 EH>> He never claimed to have the training, license or
 EH>> registration as a plumber.

 BK>  It was your boy, McCain who has tried to exploit Joe the
 BK>  Plumber. It is you McCain lovers who have touted Joe the
 BK>  plumber.

 BK>  Without the license he cannot offer himself to the public as a
 BK>  plumber. Which means he cannot run the business he claims he
 BK>  wants to buy.

Yes he can. All he has to do is hire a person with a master plumber's
license to pull the permits.

Nothing requires the owner to be licensed.

At least in the States I am personally familiar with.

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