Rush Limbaugh Quotes
Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.
Limbaugh, Rush. The Way Things Ought to Be. Pocket Books, 1992.
He was referring to the success of the Clinton Administration.
At the time of this quotation, the nation had gone through more than 3 decades of enormous increase in prosperity for the wealthy, and modest gains for the highly skilled, technically trained workers. However, correcting for inflation, average salaries did not increase at all. The middle class was particularly hard hit. Only 20 percent of the population benefitted from the growth at all; however, the 1 percent had rarely prospered more. Kenworthy’s principle did not apply for this period of American history.
He was concerned that if steps were taken to protect the environment and they slowed or shrank economic growth, the burden would fall disproportionately on the poor.
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FDR had as usual been attacked by the Chicago Tribune and other conservative newspapers. His assistant Raymond Moley drafted the response.
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.
