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Limbaugh Derides People Who Rely On Social Safety Net, Suggests They're Taking A “Vacation”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 06/17/11 5:40 PM EDT

From the June 17 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Rush: It's “Good” In “Most Ways” That States Are Cutting Unemployment Because It Will “Force People To Try To Go Find Work”

Rush tells unemployed caller his “life is being destroyed' by extended unemployment benefits

Limbaugh: “Extended unemployment benefits do nothing but incentivize people not to look for work”

Limbaugh: “Do You Know Any Low-Income People Who Want To Get A Better Job? ... Do They Even Want To Work?”

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