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RALEIGH – The man who become nationally-recognized as Joe the Plumber during the 2008 presidential race will be in Raleigh speaking out against raising taxes on Wednesday.

Samual Wurzelbacher, Joe’s actual name, rose to fame last year when he asked then-Sen. Barack Obama about his tax plan. After that, he quickly became a staple of the Sen. John McCain campaign.

Wednesday’s event will be another one of the many tea parties that have been staged throughout the state over the last few months. The movement is aimed at expressing to lawmakers that taxpayers are displeased with the way their taxes are being spent by government.

The organizing group, Americans for Prosperity, says lawmakers have proposed increasing taxes by about $1 billion. They say these taxes would create an unfair burden on North Carolina families. Some of the proposals include hiking the tax on alcohol and cigarettes as well as imposing a tax on digital downloads and personal property services.

The event will be held at the Halifax Mall behind the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh from 4:30 p.m. to around 7 p.m.