Limbaugh: The Idea That Police, Teachers, And Firefighters Contribute To Economic Growth Is "Ignorance ... 101"

next time you have a heart attack, we will just let you lay there and wither away.

What the Hell!!!!

Well Fatboy! I must admit our educational system was a complete failure for you. But you better pray to God that if you need a cop someone is their to answer the call! And I for one would not be heartbroken if your plush mansion burned to the ground! As I said before working people. Your labor is not apprecited by the rich! The "entitled" rich believe that they are the only ones in society who contribute anything of value. Your efforts as mere "workers" are worthless. And in effect you are worthless! If working people don't get this message and act on it. We will hand the rich the rope to hang us with.

"Teachers Builds Lifes, Police Protect Lifes, Firefights Saves Lifes!"

Romney and the teapublicans RUIN Lifes!

No, Rush. You and your Fox Noise/Clear Channel Tealiban parrots are Ignorance 101.

Next thing you know, he's going to be making fun of the people who ask him if he wants fries with his burger...

And he would know, ignorance is what Cmdr Pill Popper excells at

Overpaid, flatulent college dropouts on Hate Radio, on the other hand...
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Limbaugh: The Idea That Police, Teachers, And Firefighters Contribute To Economic Growth Is "Ignorance 101"

I refuse to listen to this guy's voice, so I can only guess what he means by the above quote.

I think he means that no one makes a financial profit off of the services provided by police and teachers and firefighters, I think that's his narrow and exclusive definition of "economic growth", that it means profits, and so therefore where there is no financial profit there is no economic growth, according to rush limbaugh.

What a blind and greedy antisocial pig that guy is, not to see how much growth and profit we all gain from the work of police officers and teachers and firefighters... but because it's not the kind of growth and profit you can stuff under your mattress or hide away in an offshore tax-evading bank account, then it's not growth according to rush limbaugh.

If it's not money, it's not anything he or his kind care about.

I had a neighbor who works in education and listens to Rush religiously. I wonder what she thinks about this comment.

You people just don't get it. An example of a worthwhile private sector employee would be the person Rush paid to buy Oxycontin for him. No nanny state money was used to pay that person. Rush created that job.

Sure. Who needs consumers in a market based economy?

Police and firefighters jobs are overhead? Look stupid. They provide security. They make a safe environment for business to flourish in. Teachers educate the future workers and managers and yes even owners of future business. They in effect till the soil for business to grow. I am using these analogies so even mouth-breathing knuckleheads can understand. People like you don't realize society is a system of cooperation among people performing seprate tasks. This is a collective effort. Get it? Socialism 101! If one part of the system breaks down the whole system stops. How does one get so old and still be so stupid?

If anyone knows ignorance, it is Dr. Rush Limbaugh, Master of Fear, Ignorance and Bed Wetting.

Right...

Becuase who needs education, and law and order to have a productive society, right?!

And, I mean, SCREW the homeowners, right? That's what INSURANCE if for!

And it's not like these people every BUY anything!

(Of course... they MIGHT... if they earned a decent wage!)

I hope my Right-Wing, Ex-Marine cousin, who's not only a ditto-head, but a BOSTON COP, was listening to that, Rush. I hope he heard what you REALLY think of people like him!

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Yeah, an uneducated workforce where people can steal what your business produces is far better than hiring a few more teachers and cops. Keep talking, Rush.

So, people who work for a living and who have to purchase consumer goods and put money into the stream of commerce don't contribute to economic growth? Hmmmm . . .

Well, if my business burns down than there is no economic growth.

If criminals are allowed to roam free, unafraid of consequences since there is no police enforcement, there is no economic growth.

If future leaders of this country receive no education, there is no economic growth.

Limbaugh was probably the fat kid at school who spent more time eating than learning, his ignorance on many things knows no bounds.

I remember when firefighter and policemen were held in such high regards. Patriots and heroes if I remember correctly. What is going on in this country? I guess party over country is most important.

I just do not understand how quickly teachers became the problem. I listened to 10 minutes of beck in the car today and his rant was that university teachers are the real one percent because they make 100 to 150 thousand a year. He went off on universities getting federal money. Being around the staff and faculty of a university for 20 years I can say that I never once thought they were overpaid. I can't help but think they want to go back in time. Way back.

Here's some economics for you, Rush -
We desperately need high-skilled workers in the work force to grow our economy. Who produces these high-skilled workers? Teachers are arguably our most successful "job creators" out there.

As for businesses, they tend to love security. If they know that if their building is on fire, someone will put it out - or if the area is reasonably protected by police, they'll be far more likely to set up shop in that area. Don't believe me, try comparing the number of successful (non-illegal) companies operating in a lawless region vs. those operating in a stable (read police presence) area.

A key element that republicans always talk about is "stability". They claim business will not invest because they feel the time or situation is "unstable".

Police, judges, teachers, doctors and firefighterss are the foundational cornerstone of a "stable" society. These groups help insure that soceity functions, that people and bussiness and property are safe. They help provide a workforce that can read, problem solve and innovate.

Mr Limbuagh dreams of the days of yore, the Gilded Age. When you could buy a policeman to beat a worker, or send a kid down the mines becaue his family owed money to the company store.

" Please, Mister Limbaugh Jimmy got the consumption and he can't go in the mine no more"

" I don't care, send his brother down with him. You owe me $3 dollars for that hammer and pick, that means you gotta work for 2 weeks"

Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia are examples of an unstable society.

Mr Limbaugh wants America to failbecause he will get richer. We all know that unregulated capitalism ends in monopolies.Essentially, we have socialism for the rich. They get to keep profits and get baillouts while the common folk get free market collapses and debt from the bailling out the rich.

We all know that having income to spend adds to the economy. Less crime keeps costs down, better education makes for innovation.

Mr Limbaugh is no economist...Even Milton Friendman wouldhave laughed at his statement.

Here's a little thought exercise for Blimpy and his droolers. Okay, I know it's wasted on them, but I'll toss it out there anyway.

Set up two parallel societies. But all the Billionaire "Job Creators" in one, and all the middle class consumers in the other. Which one will thrive?

Two more public sector jobs that Rush hates, are the customs officials and the TSA people that checked his bags for contraband and illegal narcotics at the airport on his return flights from the D.R.

I've actually discussed with Conservatives that, like in smaller counties and cities, volunteers could man our fire and police departments. Good Luck with that idea. I want a professional to respond to my emergencies. It's scary to to hear the rhetoric that these freaks promote.

And just what do Limbaugh and others of his ilk "contribute to economic growth?" Anyone?....anyone?....drool....

Ignorance 101. I thought that was the unofficial title of Fatboy's show.

Sorry Rushie but Ignorance 101 is what you peddle for 3 hours and 4 days a week.

Saving a factory from burning down isn't helping the economy?

Police making an area safe for people to shop isn't helping the economy?

Teachers educating the future workforce doesn't contribute to economic growth?

"Ignorance 101" would be the garbage you spew every time you open your overfed pie hole. Not that you would know jacks**t about education or public service.

In this economy, I find it ironic that "conservatives" like to blame Obama for everything. Take your typical "conservative" contractor. For his whole life, he has been skilled with his hands. He is an expert at what he does, remodeling kitchens and bathrooms for homeowners. For years, he would charge top dollar for his services, and business was good enough to earn a comfortable living. In between jobs, he would listen to Fatboy's show, as he travelled from site to site. Our contractor was a long-time listener as well, since the inception of Fatboy's show some 25+ years ago. All that time, the contractor heard Fatboy rail against unions and the public sector. He showed his agreement at the polls as well, voting in anti-union leaders, who looked to stop all the "waste". The contractor was so upset that a public employee could have good benefits and decent pay while he had to do it all on his own. Let them pay their own way, just like he has to, and stop living off his taxes.

Fast forward to today. That same contractor now works for less than half of what he used to and his quality of life has diminshed as well. New jobs are scarce and he is uncertain of what his future holds for him. He had to sell his RV and boat because he can no longer afford them and his house payments are a struggle to make. He doesn't have health insurance because he can't afford it. The problem isn't Obama. The problem is that this has been a 30 year campaign against unions, starting with Reagan. "Conservatives", like the contractor, bought into the arguments made by Fatboy, Fox News and rest of the willing media that unions serve no purpose other than collecting dues. Breaking up of unions was just part of the "conservative" agenda. They also wanted to create an atmosphere where labor worked longer hours for less pay and benefits were slashed. The private sector was all too willing to follow suit when this happened because that's how the job market operates. The result? People now work longer hours for less pay and less benefits. Unfortunately for our subject, the contractor, this campaign that he supported trickled down to him as well. Where there used to be thousands of people in his town, formerly middle class, there are now only about 100. There's also a few really rich people, who managed to get even richer over the last 30 years, and he has to fight for bids for their jobs and always loses out to the corporate contractor. Where he used to have thousands of potential customers, he now has to fight over a few scraps because only about a 100 people in town can afford to hire him, and many of them may opt to go to Home Depot anyway and probably f--- up the job themselves.

Oh well! At least those damn unions aren't busy getting entitlements for lazy workers. Be careful what you wish for, "conservative".

Perhaps Rush should have first consulted one of his fellow "conservatives" at the Hoover Institution.

According to CONSERVATIVE economist Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution, a quality teacher with a class of 20 students each year will raise the lifetime aggregate earnings of that group of students by more than $400,000.

As a result quality teachers have an ECONOMIC IMPACT of over $400,000 annually and are well worth their salary, benefits, and pensions.

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Another day, another cup or so of lie-laced spittle drenches the Excrement In Broadcasting microphone.

Same Schittforbrains, Different Delusions.

Rush's point is that spending by middle class workers does nothing to stimulate an economy.

Where money is inserted into the economy is irrelevant; the money will circulate.

Paying middle class workers to do useful work does a couple of things: 1. You get the work done, 2. They spend the money, which goes from the grocery store to the supplier to the factory to the trucker to the farmer to the farming corporation to the ...

Anyone with a stable job and a good salary contributes to a market-based economy like ours. So no, you are practicing ignorance 101 by thinking that one part of our economy(Private Sector Jobs) is somehow way more important than another(Public sector jobs). They're ALL important you self-absorbed ass.

Rush has a degree in economics from the University of Bullfeces.

As usual Rush is talking out of his pyninodal cysted rear. Hiring 4000+ cops here under Dinkins plus under the Clinton era crime bill COPS program that Guiliani supported helped make this city a safer place where the private sector was able to thrive. Sure demographics such as fewer young people between 15-24 helped as well as the waning of the crack trade. Maybe we should fire some of them and let Rush get mugged on the way to the steakhouse.

Limbaugh: The Idea That Police, Teachers, And Firefighters Contribute To Economic Growth Is "Ignorance ... 101"

Me: the idea that Rush Limpballs contributes to intelligent public discourse is ignorance . . . period.

Actually Rush, anything you say or support is Ignorance 101.

Please kill yourself. Now.

You know, these con-bots seem to forget that public sector institutions don't have to make a profit, and are therefore, usually, more cost effective. And if employees of the public sector make greater salaries and benefits than the average worker of the private sector, then there is just a better reason to have a big public sector economy: more workers earning more money and benefits (that they can spend), and services are cheap and cost effective.