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RUSH: Jay in Dayton, Ohio. Great to have you on the program. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, thanks for letting me lead off.<\/p>\n

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

CALLER: Hey, I\u2019m a former general manager for Northwest Airlines, and I\u2019m far from a fan of the TSA. I heard you talking about the petty White House canceling the tours at the White House and then on the other hand I\u2019m hearing that TSA agents are getting new uniforms, at something like a thousand dollars a pop. It\u2019s gonna come out to $50 million, and I was kind of wondering how many tours the White House could run for $50 million. The TSA is that same group that spent, what, $700,000 for an awards ceremony —<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Wait a second. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. I had not seen that a TSA uniform is a thousand dollars.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re getting multiple uniforms or what, but $50 million has been appropriated to the TSA for the agents to get new uniforms.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, if they\u2019ve been wearing the same uniforms for the last, say, ten years, it might be time for a change.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s not. They\u2019ve had several uniforms and the TSA is the same group that spent $700,000 for an awards ceremony three years after they started, Rush, and they handed out lifetime achievement awards.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing) After three years?<\/p>\n

CALLER: After three years. Those of us in the industry knew that we were in trouble. And I mentioned I was a former general manager for Northwest. I lost my job in 2001 and I wanted to tell you that your show has been just daily encouragement for me to keep going. My 25-year airline career was over. I decided to go to day trading. I actually moved into a motel room. I lived there for seven years, and, Rush, you have no idea how much your show meant to me then, as it does now, and currently I\u2019m in the top 1%, one of those dreaded people that Obama\u2019s after. I\u2019m living the dream, and I\u2019m thrilled to have the chance to say thank you for all that you\u2019ve done for me, for my family, and for the students I teach. It means everything. You\u2019re a football fan. Jay Ratliff is a defensive tackle for the Cowboys and he and I have the same name, and I used to think living in that motel room how neat it would be to be him, and I don\u2019t think that anymore, and you\u2019ve been a huge influence in my life, Rush, at 50 and so many millions of people.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you. Why did you move to a motel? Is that all you could afford?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s all I could afford, yeah, and I spent seven years trying to learn how to day trade and I sold everything I had. I figured I\u2019d be there a few months. I lived there for more than seven years and you talked about how people that are after something, they don\u2019t need a government handout. They just need an opportunity.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How are you doing with Apple stock?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, actually doing quite well. I don\u2019t hold it for long, I don\u2019t hold anything for long. To me risk is having money in the market for long-term, and, you know, the volatility that exists right now in the market with things just going absolutely nutty it\u2019s kind of a target rich environment for all of us. It\u2019s a fun, exciting time, and there\u2019s certainly some interesting things –<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I appreciate it. I thank you very much, Jay. I really appreciate it, and you are a life lesson for people. You certainly are. Speaking of the amount of money being spent, it does work out to a thousand dollars per uniform. And, by the way, the uniforms, I have learned, are partly made in Mexico. The uniform contract for the TSA workers, $50 million. Divided by the number of TSA employees, it does work out to about a thousand dollars per employee per uniform. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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