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RUSH: Here\u2019s a call that we had from yesterday that I didn\u2019t get to and they agreed to let us call you back. Matt in Raleigh, North Carolina. That\u2019s for letting us call you. How are you, sir?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m just fine. Good afternoon, sir. For quite some time now you\u2019ve been advising listeners simply not to participate in the recession, and I took your advice and I\u2019m better off for it. I am not involved in this recession. That\u2019s someone else\u2019s problem. It doesn\u2019t affect me. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, that\u2019s fascinating. People are going to have some questions for you that they want me to ask you. First thing is, what line of work are you in?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m in auto body, auto body repair.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re in auto body. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How did you make that recession proof?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I was a general manager for a body shop, making six figures, and the body shop principles said they were not selling, they were not selling. All of a sudden, they sold, and the first ones to go were the highest paid people, which would be me. So I went on my way, refusing to give up. I got myself another job, paying about half of what I made before.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. Well, that\u2019s what I meant. So the auto body was not immune to the recession. They closed up, they sold it, got rid of you, and you had to go do something else.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And what is that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I work for an insurance company.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you sell insurance?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, sir. I drive around and I look at wrecked cars and I\u2019m an adjuster.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. You\u2019re an adjuster. What was it that made you…? You\u2019re crediting this with, “They gave a recession but I\u2019m not going to participate.” How did that manifest itself? You said, “I lost my job and I\u2019m going to go get another one? And I can\u2019t replace it where the same exact of money, I\u2019m still going to get a job and work no matter what”? What was your process? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, what we went through, my wife said, “I can do something; I can contribute. We\u2019re going to sit down and we\u2019re going to make a budget and we\u2019re going to cut out everything that is unnecessary. Whatever is necessary, that makes the budget. Whatever is not necessary just does not make the budget. It\u2019s just not going to happen.” My car has 200,000 miles on it. Sure, I\u2019d love to have a new are car. It\u2019s not in the budget so I keep driving the car I have. I\u2019d love to have the latest gadgets. Not a budget. I gave up playing golf. It\u2019s not a priority. Putting my kids through college, paying my bills. I have no debt other than my mortgage. My cars are paid for and unless I have the cash to pay for it, I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why didn\u2019t you choose the 99 weeks of unemployment? What\u2019s wrong with you?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, I don\u2019t know. Call me crazy. Maybe from my six years in the Marine Corps. (laughing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you laugh but I\u2019m sure that\u2019s a factor. But it\u2019s fascinating, but still you heard me say that if there\u2019s a recession, you\u2019re just not going to participate in it. What that meant to you was that you were not going to pay attention to how dire the media said the job market was and you were going to go out there and find one, and you did.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: Absolutely. It\u2019s a matter of personal responsibility, personal fiscal responsibility. I mean, I had friends that said, “Oh, you can probably go get food stamps.” I don\u2019t need food stamps. I can work. I have a strong back, two arms and legs. I can do something. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s cutting grass. I will do something. I will find a way to provide for my family. It\u2019s just not part of me.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you could have provided for your family. You could have gotten food stamps. You could have gotten Medicaid. You probably could have gotten an Obama phone and you could have gotten 99 weeks of unemployment. I mean, this is what Democrats have wanted people to be able to take advantage of. You decided you didn\u2019t want any part of that. I think the interesting thing with you is that your sense of personal responsibility took over.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, if you take these handouts and you take all of these government programs, you are no longer in charge of your own destiny and you are not providing anything. The government is providing for you, and they\u2019re in control of you now.<\/line> <\/line>RUSH: Yeah. But weren\u2019t you mad at the guys that owned the auto body shop for shutting down and firing you and didn\u2019t that make you say, “Well, the hell, they\u2019re the reason I\u2019m out of work. To hell with them, a bunch of mean, rotten SOBs. I\u2019m gonna go on unemployment and really soak it to them.” You obviously didn\u2019t have that attitude.<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: Nah, it\u2019s their business. They can do what have they want to with it. It wasn\u2019t up to me. I wasn\u2019t an owner. I had no say. I was just running the place.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right. Probably you realized it wasn\u2019t productive to be mad at them because it didn\u2019t fix anything.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Absolutely. It was just totally counter productive to be upset with them, and it doesn\u2019t hurt them. It doesn\u2019t affect them in the least. They don\u2019t lose any sleep.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Matt, congratulations. I\u2019m glad you called and I have a feeling that you\u2019re going to be fine. I appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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