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RUSH: Carol in Milford, Delaware. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n
CALLER: How you doing, Rush?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Good. Thank you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I wanted to see where you stand on this unemployment extension. I have worked since I was 14 years old, I\u2019m 42, and I recently became unemployed in July of this year, and I\u2019m a worker. I have been out looking for jobs everywhere, and I cannot find anything. Apparently, my unemployment ends at the end of this month, and if the extension does not go through, I don\u2019t know what —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. When did you lose your job?<\/p>\n
CALLER: In July, July 1st of this year.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You\u2019re in Delaware. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, there have been because —<\/p>\n
CALLER: — and it\u2019s not gonna be me.<\/p>\n
RUSH: It\u2019s 99 weeks that you are eligible now for unemployment compensation.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, that\u2019s what I thought, but they\u2019re telling me that, you know, there\u2019s not gonna be any extensions, you know, unless Congress pushes it through.<\/p>\n
RUSH: No, no, that\u2019s just for the people — you\u2019ve only been on this six months. Your unemployment\u2019s —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — nowhere near expiring. That extension is not relative to you. That\u2019s people coming up on their 99 weeks.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, that\u2019s what I thought. I don\u2019t understand — that doesn\u2019t make any sense.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I don\u2019t, either. There\u2019s no way you should be getting cut off. I mean even if there\u2019s been some change in the 99, and I don\u2019t think there has, you still are easily qualified for a full year. You\u2019re running out —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Really?<\/p>\n
RUSH: — after 26 weeks. I mean states get 26 weeks. The Feds pick that up. The rest is federal. You\u2019ve gotta find a way to go register for the federal side of this, that\u2019s still out there, still eligible for you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. I don\u2019t understand why they\u2019re telling me that it ends —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Because you\u2019re probably talking to people at the state.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. Okay, so if I do apply for the extension I should be able to get it extended to 99 weeks or —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, don\u2019t take this the wrong way, but I don\u2019t know how you do this.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. Well, I don\u2019t, either. I\u2019ve never been in a situation like this before, I can\u2019t believe that I\u2019m in a situation like this, and —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, I understand, but like I said, I don\u2019t know how this works, but somebody\u2019s telling you that you\u2019re gonna be cut off?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. That it\u2019s gonna end at the end of this month.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, that means what they or the state — <\/p>\n
CALLER: The state.<\/p>\n
RUSH: But the rest should be picked up automatically. <\/p>\n
CALLER: It shouldn\u2019t just end, basically is what you\u2019re saying —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Not with the regulations that are on the books, no, no.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. All right. Well, gosh, you just gave me a bit of peace. I\u2019m gonna make a phone call and see if, you know, I don\u2019t have to worry about it because I —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, they\u2019re telling you right. Delaware does expire. State unemployment runs out in 26 weeks.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n
RUSH: But federal unemployment, which is what they\u2019re debating now in Congress, they\u2019re talking about extending people that are running out after their 99 weeks. You\u2019re nowhere near 99 weeks.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay, well, I didn\u2019t think so, but I thought, you know, I\u2019m interested to hear about what you think about that.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, no, you\u2019re not. You really don\u2019t want to hear.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, no, I do. I\u2019ve gotta tell you that I\u2019ve never really been a big fan of yours, but here lately I am being converted. I appreciate your views and —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, here\u2019s what it\u2019s come to in America. Here\u2019s what it\u2019s come to. People like you, real people are calling me, Rush Limbaugh — the real Rush Limbaugh — to see if I will agree that you need more unemployment benefits. This is Obamaville. What you really want to know is is how I feel about what you\u2019re going to do. It\u2019s almost like you want my stamp of approval that you\u2019re gonna go out and get more unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, I don\u2019t want that. I want your honest opinion. I\u2019m right on the fence. I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I\u2019ve never been one to take anything from — I\u2019ve never needed anything like this before.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Yeah. I know.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I understand how people can get into a rut, you know, I have worked so hard to find a job.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Let me tell you something. Carol, hang on. I can\u2019t answer you here in five seconds. So hang on through the break and we will continue this.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: And welcome back to Obamaville. I\u2019m the mayor, Rush Limbaugh. We are at 800-282-2882. And we go back now to Carol in Milford, Delaware. Carol, I did some research for you —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — during the break. Before I answer your question, I just want to give you a little peace of mind here.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n
RUSH: This is from the state of Delaware\u2019s website. Do you have a computer, by the way?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay, well, the website\u2019s too long to spell out, but there\u2019s a website that\u2019s gonna explain to you what to do here. The Delaware website, the maximum number of weeks of unemployment insurance benefits that will be available will be decreased by six weeks from 99 to 93 weeks. So in Delaware right now you should be eligible for 93 weeks, not 26.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Wow.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, there\u2019s a state of Delaware Department of Labor website. The root website, if you just go to Delawareworks.com.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Delawareworks.com, and from there navigate — the rest of this website, if you\u2019re not writing it down, it\u2019s too much —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. I gotcha.<\/p>\n
RUSH: The Delawareworks.com, go there, and all of this should be explained to you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. I wanted to tell you, Rush, that I don\u2019t know where your view is on this yet, but I don\u2019t feel comfortable being on unemployment because I don\u2019t want to be… I don\u2019t know how to explain it.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, here\u2019s the theory. For a certain number of the weeks that you receive benefits, theoretically, that is money you\u2019ve earned, you just haven\u2019t seen it. <\/p>\n
CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: But, after a certain number of weeks go by, then it isn\u2019t your money anymore, it\u2019s all of your neighbors and everybody else\u2019s.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, there will be, because this is an election year, there\u2019s going to be an extension of unemployment benefits at the federal level. They will not turn that down, there will be an extension. Every piece of legislation currently pending that has to do with budgetary matters has an extension in it. The argument that they\u2019re having is how to pretend that they\u2019re paying for it. But there will be —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Right, I understand.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — an extension. Now, here\u2019s the vicious cycle. At that point — I don\u2019t know when it is — but at that point in the weekly unemployment cycle where you are no longer receiving back what\u2019s been deducted when you were working, the employer is paying it, which it takes away from the employer\u2019s ability to hire anybody new when he has to keep deducting —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Paying.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — for people who are on unemployment. And I\u2019ll tell you this. This is human nature, it\u2019s undeniable, it\u2019s been studied. The longer anybody is on unemployment, the less inclined they are —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — it is not a full-blown lifestyle, but you can get by on it as an individual. You can\u2019t do a family of four on it, but —<\/p>\n
CALLER: With a family you can\u2019t. That\u2019s why I was —<\/p>\n
RUSH: But it helps. It\u2019s a tremendous disincentive to work, and then it\u2019s a vicious cycle, \u2019cause the longer you\u2019re not working, the less qualified you\u2019re becoming, less talent you\u2019re using, the less experience you\u2019re accruing, the less you\u2019re going to have to offer somebody when do go try to find a job. It\u2019s a vicious, vicious cycle. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: And human nature being what it is, there are people in this country who have decided to stay on unemployment as long as they can because it\u2019s so much, in some people\u2019s cases it\u2019s $500 a week.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I thought the max was like $300 a week.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Depends on where you live and it depends on how much you earned.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh.<\/p>\n
RUSH: It depends on the state.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Some places it could be 500 bucks a week and —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Wow.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — there are some people who go only part-time work so they can still get partial unemployment. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: It\u2019s just human nature, Carol, when you pay people not to work there are a certain percentage of them that are gonna take the deal.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Wow. Oh, man. I guess there\u2019s a lot of people out there like that. I definitely will not be one of them.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, I hope not. I hope you don\u2019t lose your incentive to find a job.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I will not. You know, I\u2019ve worked since I was 14. My parents instilled in me to work, not to sit, and this has just been devastating. You know, I\u2019ve got a family, I\u2019ve got a mortgage, I\u2019ve got a car —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah. I hear all that. I\u2019ve been out of work seven times in my life, fired seven times, so I know. I only went on unemployment once. The whole time I was trying to find a job as quick as I could. Back then — this was the seventies — it was a stigma. It was a real stigma. I didn\u2019t want to be on unemployment. I didn\u2019t want anybody to know. There was a stigma to that kind of thing. You had to go to the office, you had to document you were looking for work, you had to prove it. I mean it was not just send in a form or go on the net and say, “Okay, a week\u2019s gone by, send me my check.” You had to go in the office, you had to talk to people, you had to go on job interviews, you had to prove that you had done this. It was a far different thing. This would have been 1975 or 76. I forget which. I know it was in Kansas City. <\/p>\n
Look, Carol, all I\u2019m gonna tell you is I hope that you do not lose your incentive and your desire for work. I hope you realize there\u2019s something better for you out there and you keep trying to find it. And I thank you so much for the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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