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RUSH: Joshua in southern Oregon, welcome, I\u2019m glad you waited to the EIB Network. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi, Rush, how are you today?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah. I\u2019m okay, pretty well.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Glad to hear it. We have a beautiful Oregon day here. You know, I wanted to call, Rush, I mean virtually zero disrespect to our military in saying this comment here, but with what\u2019s happening here with this bill suggesting that employers are gonna get benefit by virtue of hiring an individual who\u2019s coming out of the war. Rush, I\u2019m part of the long-term unemployed, and it feels a bit that this just kind of punched me right in the gut, if you will, as far as to compete with.<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: It\u2019s kind of like the “baby on board” signs, we\u2019re supposed to be more careful driving behind a car \u2019cause there might be a baby in it. Why is the baby more valuable than the driver? Well, the baby is judged to be more innocent is why it tugs at your heartstrings. In this case Obama is simply trying to build chops with the military. It\u2019s a weakness that he has and the whole Democrat Party has. So it\u2019s not even about veterans, it\u2019s not even about the military. That comment, that program is aimed at votes. He\u2019s trying to tug at the heartstrings of people who hopefully will be sorry that people were sent off to war, terrible sacrifice, the least we can do is give them preference in hiring when they come home. He\u2019s hoping that scores votes for him. I know you don\u2019t mean to rip the military on this. <\/p>\n
CALLER: No, Rush.<\/p>\n
RUSH: No, I know. I know. You\u2019re just wondering how come they can\u2019t get a break for hiring you. You\u2019re long-term unemployed, you\u2019re an American, you need a job.<\/p>\n
CALLER: All is true what you just said, absolutely.<\/p>\n
RUSH: This is why liberals should be shunned. There\u2019s no reason the government needs to be picking winners and losers. This is all about what the private sector is all about. It\u2019s no different than Obama telling small business, “Hey, buds, you go out and hire somebody, we\u2019ll give you a $2,500 tax credit, anybody.” He tried that. That didn\u2019t work, by the way. Because it\u2019s a lousy deal. You go out and spend 50, $70,000 hiring somebody and the government gives you $2,500 back, big whoop, when you don\u2019t need any work done because the economy\u2019s in bad shape. That didn\u2019t work so Obama is going a step further, “Okay, hire a vet, nobody opposes that.” Look at you, you\u2019re nervous here calling and even saying what you\u2019re saying about it. So, yeah, hire a vet and then get a break and he\u2019s trying to transfer the onus on this to small business. <\/p>\n