I'm 52 yrs old. 25 years ago I was fully employed and living the American dream. I listened to Rush everyday and thought Rush was right.
Wow, completely amazing. He was listening to Rush almost from the moment he started his nationwide broadcast...
In 1988, Limbaugh began broadcasting his show nationally from radio station WABC in New York City.
{from wiki}I hated unions and poor people because they were leeches off my tax dollars.
Well, unions I can see, but no conservative hates poor people. Conservatives give more to charities than liberals specifically because we know they are far more efficient than taxes.
We just don't have much use for those that can work, but are too lazy or addicted to do so.
I voted GOP in every election.
A couple of years ago after a long life of working and living fit I had a massive heart attack caused by a genetic defect.
My non-union job fired me for not showing up for work while I was in the hospital. I lost my health insurance thirty days later while I recuperated in a skilled nursing home. The bills ran close to $100,000 dollars. I finally recovered six months later, but no one would hire me for a job after submitting over a hundred resumes and getting only two interviews that ended as soon as the interviewer say that I was older.
My house went into foreclosure and the wife split for a more stable man. I finally was able to get a job with about 35 hours a week with no benefits and barely above minimum wage. After 3 months on the job I had another heart attack that left me severely disabled. I ended up on Social Security Disability and food stamps. I finally filed for bankruptcy admitting that the 'I did it all by myself' is just not true.
I don't know, 2 heart attacks before 52? I would have to wonder just how much of that was what he did "all by myself." Thank God for the US healthcare system. A few years more, thanks to the Dims, and he might not survive another attack.
I don't listen to Rush or other right wing talk show host any longer. After all Rush is a member of the 1% and his solution for people like me is to end all assistance and let us die in the gutter.
Well, that certainly makes it clear that he did NOT listen to Rush every day...or any day.
Imagine that, a leftist lying in a conversion story. How original.
A large majority of Rush's listeners are just like me. One paycheck or health crisis away from living in the gutter.
Not really. A majority of Rush's listeners have planned, spent money on real property instead of "stuff," saved money, and have ways to survive even after a crisis. Oh, and we tend to work at keeping our spouses.
Today I'm glad that democrats have provided a safety net for people like me. If the republicans were in charge all people like me would be dead due to lack of care and no place to live.
God Bless America and it's safety net.
