According to Rush, the rich really are different
I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard Rush say we all need to “share in the sacrifice,” but he has been militant in his support for spending on things like oil subsidies and expenmsive wars, at the same time he was even more militant in his opposition to tax increases on the wealthy that would pay for his preferred spending programs. Also at the same time, he’s been militant in his suggestion that we just can’t afford the spending anymore (when it comes to things like pensions and health insurance for people making $50K/yr, that is).
So I asked him what he’s asking from the wealthiest in these times of shared sacrifice.
He was honest. He said he doesn’t subscribe to that…. That there’s a reason some people make $25 million a year, while others toil for 25 thousand. And that everything is as it should be – the rich shouldn’t be asked to do more because they are… well… I guess he didn’t really finish that thought.
Rush is right that we have a president who has allowed the state of the country to become worse than it was under Bush. But he is very very wrong to say that it is because of liberalism. No case can be made that this president is any more liberal in his actual actions and policies that Bush was.
We are not a democracy any longer – haven’t been for 30 years. We are subjects of the corporate overloards.
And Rush does their bidding on the radio every day.
Brian
22 Feb 11 at 7:49 pm
Good God that fat ass hog jowled fucking asshole is repulsive.
jharp
22 Feb 11 at 11:20 pm
i heard this and as usual rush cut you off and ranted really ranted that someone like him should ever sacrifice for someone else great stuff
bill
24 Feb 11 at 7:46 pm