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\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: This is David, Walla Walla, Washington. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush. Thanks for having me on and taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, I look forward to getting that book of yours.<\/a> My kids are interested in it as well, so we can\u2019t wait for that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much. I\u2019m excited by it, and I hope everybody enjoys it. I really do. It was so much fun to do. I appreciate that. I really do.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you. Well, I found an interesting article in our local Sunday paper, talking about how starting October 1st individuals can buy their health insurance plans in the statewide exchange, and these premiums are just crazy. For 21-year-olds and under, they\u2019re $175 up to $200, depending on how big of coverage you want, and for 40 year olds and more, they\u2019re $200 to up to $400 a month, and for 60-year-olds, they are $400 to $700 a month. There\u2019s no catastrophic plans available at this point. So you\u2019re stuck with these few options, and then they even have the platinum, which they haven\u2019t really indicated how much that\u2019s gonna cost.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, now, wait. Isn\u2019t that cheaper that what you\u2019re currently paying?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, for me, luckily, I\u2019m actually working in a federal position right now. So I haven\u2019t seen or heard anything for me, but I was just recently out there in the workforce, and the way I see it, it looks more like an attack on the middle class, because 21s aren\u2019t going to care about it at this point.<\/p>\n

RUSH: They\u2019re gonna either have to have that or pay a fine.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: The answer to your question is that. Your observation is right on the money: Where\u2019s the money? They gotta pay for this somehow, right?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Where\u2019s the money? Most people are middle class. That\u2019s where the money is.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right, and that\u2019s where the money is. Right. The 60-year-olds, I mean, they can\u2019t afford $400 or $700 a month. So, yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, they\u2019re gonna have death panels to deal with. They don\u2019t have to pay money. Death panels will take care of that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. For smokers, I don\u2019t know how they\u2019re gonna be able to determine that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Smokers?<\/p>\n

CALLER: You know, they\u2019re gonna go up and pay seven to 20% higher than those that are nonsmokers.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: So, you know, this is just —<\/p>\n

RUSH: See, I think smokers are the ones who deserve the price break.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: ‘Cause smokers are the ones with their high taxes. They\u2019re paying for health care for kids. Smokers deserve medals. Smokers deserve a break on health insurance, because they\u2019re paying for a lot of it for kids. The children\u2019s health programs are specifically funded by tobacco taxes, and if it weren\u2019t for these tobacco addicts buying the stuff, those health programs might not exist. Smokers, they\u2019re among the least respected people in our society, and they actually deserve a lot of thanks. If anybody deserves a price break, it would be them. They\u2019re already paying through the nose because of their habit.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes. Exactly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But you and I know they\u2019re gonna get hit because we hate \u2019em. We despise smokers. They\u2019re as bad as terrorists! We make \u2019em hang outside in the cold, huddled like masses at Ellis Island. We don\u2019t like \u2019em at all. We really frown on \u2019em. Anyway, David, I appreciate the call. Thank you again very much. I really do appreciate it. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: William somewhere in Michigan, great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mr. Rush Limbaugh, let me tell you, my friend, I have respected you for many years, and after you commented about the smokers a few minutes back, I have a new and different respect for you. Thank you, sir, for the appreciation of smokers. It\u2019s really appreciated.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: Well, somebody has to. Somebody has to. I\u2019m one.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Glad to see we subsidize something.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I\u2019m a smoker, and I\u2019m tired of being blamed for everything, and tobacco taxes are through the roof. I\u2019ve said this for a long time, primarily to irritate people, but the truth can do that. Smokers, the taxes on cigarettes are astronomically high, and those taxes are paying for children\u2019s health care programs. We ought to be thanking smokers instead of, you know, treating them as outcasts and so forth.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That actually makes me feel better. Like I said. Hey, by the way, on a second note here, Mr. Limbaugh, my mentor, this One Wipe Charlie deal<\/a>, all right, I think it\u2019s a fantastic idea. I know there are other, you know, Cottonelle\u2019s got a thing out there, Wet Ones or what have you. You can use baby wipes, whatever. But I think it\u2019s a great idea, because I\u2019m sick and tired of spitting on the toilet paper at certain times, right, to cleanse myself, my man.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I hear you, I hear you, the spitting on the toilet paper, particularly if you\u2019re within mixed company. That really is problematic, and I agree with you, I mean, what guy wants to use baby wipes? And now because of American entrepreneurism, there\u2019s an answer, One Wipe Charlies. If you\u2019re just joining us, I\u2019m not kidding. Four offensive centers, National Football League, are starting to endorse a product, One Wipe Charlies. It\u2019s moistened toilet paper for men. One wipe. Eighty-nine percent satisfaction rate, documented market survey data. <\/p>\n

(interruption)<\/p>\n

What do you mean, what\u2019s wrong with bidets? What man wants to use a bidet? What man even knows how? Oh, there\u2019s gonna be a lot of guys that want to use the wet wipe. Nobody\u2019s ever gonna see it. Who\u2019s ever gonna know? You wait, you wait. This wet wipe, this One Wipe Charlie thing is gonna be big. It\u2019s gonna be huge. I predict it. I guarantee you. Our sales force is on it. (laughing) Anyway, I appreciate it William, thank you. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Judy in Lake City, Tennessee, great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Leave us a little mystery, Rush. This Obamacare, the whole reason behind it was there were 30 million uninsured, not untreated, but uninsured, and so as of three weeks ago, this administration had spent $684 million just in promoting Obamacare. We coulda given each one of those 30 million uninsured $20 million apiece to set up a medical savings account, and Fox has had several programs about how depressed young people are. Wait \u2019til they figure out since Obama took $719 billion out of Medicare, and it\u2019s running out of money, not only will they have to pay for their insurance or fine if they don\u2019t get it, they\u2019ll be paying for their parents\u2019 and their grandparents\u2019 medical treatment.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. Exactly right. By the way, you are right on the money when you talk about if the objective really was to insure the uninsured we coulda done that for — I forget real number, but it was chump change. I mean, nothing compared to what Obamacare\u2019s gonna cost, nothing. Which just goes to show that funding insurance and covering the 30 million or whatever who didn\u2019t have it was bogus, a false premise, and a lie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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