Rush Limbaugh Quotes
I don't have time to beat around the bush. The health-care plan as proposed by Mrs. Clinton is socialism. There's no soft way to peddle it. There is not other way to describe it.
Limbaugh, Rush. See, I Told You So, Pocket Books, 1993, p. 142.
In 1955 Jonas Salk invented his polio vaccine. A bill was introduced in Congress to provide the vaccine free to all children:. At the time, very conservative politicians like Hobby, wanted no connection between the government and the health and medical system other than what the military did. What was ironic and made Hobby's view all the more unpopular was the fact that Dr. Salk, refused to patent his vaccine and gave it free to all. (See {628275}.) The only cost that was required was for the small amout that had to be paid to the manufacturers to produce the vaccine. The the government cost was very small.
Note how Laffer, ideologically opposed to Federal government operations, conflated the Motor Vehicles Administration operations, badly run in many states by the Federal. Ironically he appealed to Americans to judge Medicare and Medicaid. What he overlooked it that the citizen participants in these programs are very happy with the Federal Management. Next to Social Security, Medicare has been the second most popular Federal program. In 2012, when the Obamacare additions to Medicare and Medicaid were major issues, Americans voted clearly for President Obama and Obamacare. Many conservatives however continue to oppose government operation of anything except the State Department, the FBI and the Military / Security agencies.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was an American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host. He was best known as the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations.
