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RUSH: Marco Rubio was on Hannity last night, and he explained why tax cuts on the rich don\u2019t help anybody. He\u2019s one of few Republicans talking like this, which is why he\u2019s become a target, by the way, of the Obama left. Hannity said to him, “What\u2019s wrong with making the case that the Republicans are the party against generational theft? It\u2019s a winning issue for any party that makes that case.”<\/p>\n

Now, see, the problem with that is: What low-information voter even knows what “generational theft” is? The way you would have to ask this question is this. You got Rubio on, and you say, “Well, Senator, explain to me why it is that raising taxes on the Kardashians or on Snooki isn\u2019t gonna help anybody.” Then you say, “All raising taxes on Snooki is gonna do is take money away from her new baby.”<\/p>\n

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Because we don\u2019t know about Snooki\u2019s husband. We haven\u2019t ever heard anything about him. “So, Senator, why is raising taxes on the Kardashians or on Snooki not gonna help anybody?” That way you avoid the whole term “generational theft.” Who knows what this is, you know, amongst low-information voters? It\u2019s not complicated. This may be the way that we have to phrase these questions. Here was Rubio\u2019s answer…<\/p>\n

RUBIO: This is the great flaw in all of these arguments the president\u2019s making that I wish more people were talking about. If you raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans — or what he calls the wealthiest Americans, people making $250,000 or more. If you raise that by a hundred percent, that doesn\u2019t solve anything.<\/p>\n

RUSH: “[T]hat doesn\u2019t solve anything,” and then he explained why…<\/p>\n

RUBIO: I explained this to someone the other day that I met. It\u2019s someone who works at a law firm and actually said at me, “Yeah, let the taxes go up on the richest people,” and I said, “Well, that may sound great to you but let me explain to you what that means. That means your boss — an S-corporation, a single-lawyer, a single law firm…” And I also met someone in a dental clinic in a similar position. “If their taxes go up next year by $50,000, they\u2019re going to have find that money from somewhere and it might may be from your benefits. It might be from your hours. It might be from your job. Those are the people that are gonna get hurt by this, and in return you generate six, seven, eight days\u2019 worth of government spending.” That\u2019s not a solution.<\/p>\n