Audio here
Rush (no pun intended) synopsis from memory:
Me: Rush, every day I hear you talking about the economy and lack of jobs. But I never hear you say what you would do, except lower, smaller government. But the federal tax burden today is lower than it was under Reagan, and we had all those years of the Bush tax cuts, yet here we are. Moreover, we should all remember that Obama's stimulus was 1/3 tax cuts.
I remember when that bridge collapsed in Minnesota, there were all sorts of reports about thousands of bridges across this country needed repair. The electrical grid: why not invest in that so we don't lose billions of dollars in economic production from blackouts? There are Superfund sites across the country that could be cleaned up, providing jobs, and then redeveloped and put to good economic use.
Rush: You are so wrong. The stimulus wasn't 1/3 tax cuts. Do you really believe the government can spend money better than the private sector?
Me: I was just listening to one of your funny commercials where one of the characters talked about taking out student loans so he could improve his future. Why shouldn't this country borrow to improve its future? And yes, the stimulus was 1/3 tax cuts. Obama wanted to be buds with Republicans, so he said to them that even though I have overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate, I'll do 1/3 of this your way.
Rush: Tell me one tax cut.
Me: There were all sorts of business incentives for hiring, but I'm no tax lawyer, I can't give you every specific cut. But Rush, I think you're a pretty smart fella that can figure out a way to use the google.
Rush: It's not me saying it was 1/3 tax cuts, I don't have to prove it! Why weren't all those things you want done in the stimulus? Hundreds of billions of dollars, and none of them got done? I'll tell you why: All the stimulus went to bailing out states so that union civil workers wouldn't be fired.
Me: Yeah, again, Obama bought into states rights/local control. But a lot of those states were run by Republicans and the money went to their crony pals, like it always does.
Rush: What is it like? What is it like in your world? What is it like to live....
Me: So you really are off the oxycontin?