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RUSH: Look, right here. LA Times: “Short First Names Mean Bigger Paychecks, Study Says.” The LA Times, the paper that the Koch brothers are threatening to corrupt by taking over. Still waiting on half the staff to walk out there. <\/p>\n

“What\u2019s in a name? Apparently the key to people\u2019s earning –” Oh, and do you know that the federal budget may show a surplus in April? In fact, the federal budget, Obama\u2019s economic policies, combined with the sequester, have been so successful, the federal budget may show constant surplus by 2015. And that\u2019s from Jim Pethokoukis at the American Enterprise Institute. I knew if we were just patient that Obama\u2019s policies, combined with the industriousness of the American people, this economy would eventually rebound and the policies of Obama would be appropriately credited for this rebound and this upcoming surplus. This surplus is expected to be announced in 2015, right into the campaign of Mrs. Clinton to become the next president. See how this is all setting up?<\/p>\n

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Now, back to the LA Times. “What\u2019s in a name? Apparently the key to people\u2019s earning potential, according to a recent study. The shorter your first name –” like Jodi, J-o-d-i, “– the more you will earn on average, online career site “TheLadders” found in a study. In fact, every additional letter to a name correlates to a $3,600 drop in annual salary. Those who go by a shorter nickname also out-earn counterparts who go by the corresponding full name, the study found.” So if your real name is Rush, you\u2019re gonna clean up, but if you use El Rushbo you\u2019re gonna lose money. If you\u2019re Archibald it\u2019s over. It\u2019s all right here. <\/p>\n

“Bills usually score a bigger paycheck than Williams.” See? If you go by Bill, you\u2019re gonna earn more money than if you go by William. “Debbies earn more than Deborahs.”<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a companion story here, the LA Times has a link to it. “How Much Do You Know About California\u2019s Economy?” Answer: zero. Don\u2019t even bother to click on it. <\/p>\n

“Even those who have the same name but spell it differently will see a wage difference. Michele with one ‘l\u2019 will earn more than Michelle with two ‘ls.\u2019 Philip will speed past Phillip on the wage scale. And the same with Sara vs. Sarah.” The Sara without the H earns more money. “The top five highest-paid male names are: Tom, Rob, Dale, Doug and Wayne — all five letters or fewer. But women break the pattern a bit — the highest-paid female names are Lynn, Melissa, Cathy, Dana and Christine. … But here\u2019s some food for thought for soon-to-be parents: The top 25 most popular names will earn $7,000 more, on average, than everyone else.”<\/p>\n

Exhaustive research done by an online career site called “TheLadders.” This is what will determine how well you do in life. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Dexter, Michigan. Hi, Tom. I\u2019m glad you waited. Great to have you on the program. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. It\u2019s good to be here. I want to jump back to a report you ran at the very beginning of the show about the short names having a beneficial effect on income. I have a theory about this, and I\u2019m wondering, did it say anything about last names?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Nope. Not that I saw. All it said was short first names. In fact, that is the headline: “Short First Names Mean Bigger Paychecks, Study Says.”<\/p>\n

CALLER: All right. ‘Cause my theory is just that they fit better on business cards. And in my case, fits better on novels. Short first name, short last name. I have only two syllables in my entire name.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, why would that make somebody pay you more?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I think it just makes things fit better. It makes it easier to remember people\u2019s names \u2019cause you don\u2019t have a lot of syllables in there.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: So it brings your name to the surface more quickly. It certainly makes \u2019em bigger, you know, more prominent on a business card. In fact, if I put all my credentials I have more letters after my name than I have in my name.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you mean?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I\u2019m an architect, so you\u2019ve got AIA, NCARB, LEED.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That stuff after your name, your credentials. I\u2019ve got more letters after than I\u2019ve got in the name.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I see, I see.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: And on my books, you know, they can put my name right across the top, all the letters. They don\u2019t have to break the name up into a first name, last name thing. Some authors have really long names. They wrap around the cover.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, let\u2019s see, Dan Brown sells a lot of books.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Tom Clancy, nice short name, two syllables.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Clancy sells a lot of books. So you think there might be something to this?<\/p>\n

CALLER: There may be. I think it makes it easier for people to remember. Even your name which has more letters in it, still Limbaugh, two syllables is pretty easy.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, but —<\/p>\n

CALLER: People like all the terrorists got these really long names, lots of syllables. Even the Ariel lady or whatever has got three syllables and five letters, that\u2019s a lot of syllables.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, that is, that is clutter. That is a cluttered name, Ariel, there\u2019s no question about it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: So I think those of us with short names, you know, are easier to remember. Maybe we\u2019re just nicer people.<\/p>\n

RUSH: In my case, you really have a good point. You don\u2019t even need my last name for people to know who I am.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, you\u2019ve gone completely to one name.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right. Folks, if you are just joining us, saying, “What the hell is this?” There is a story in the Los Angeles Times today, the shorter your first name, the more you will earn on average, and this is according to a study done by an online career site that\u2019s called TheLadders. The people at TheLadders went out, did a study and found that every additional letter to a name after four letters correlates to $3,600 drop in annual salary. Those who go by a shorter nickname also outearn counterparts who go by the corresponding full name. So if your name is William you should go by Bill. You\u2019ll earn more than going by William. And Debbie earns more than Deborah, so forth and so on. <\/p>\n

Now, the top five highest paid male names are — and I don\u2019t know how they know this. I don\u2019t have the methodology here. I just have the LA Times story. Tom, Rob, Dale, Doug, and Wayne. All of those are five letters or fewer. Now, women break the pattern of that. The highest paid female names are Lynn, Melissa, Kathy, Dana, and Christine. I do not know one actress. Lynn? Do you know an actress named Lynn? Lynn Redgrave. That\u2019s a dinosaur. Melissa? Kathy? Dana? Kathy Bates. She\u2019s not among the highest paid actresses. Dana? See. Christine. Christine Lahti, the only one I know. <\/p>\n

But look at the top five most admired Americans. Tom Hanks. Tom Cruise, but he\u2019s not one of the top five, he\u2019s down there. Sandra Bullock, Maya Angelou, Meryl Streep. There may be something to this, although I don\u2019t know, as I say, the methodology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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