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RUSH: Corpus Christi, Texas, Tom, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hey!<\/p>\n

CALLER: Listen, you know, I\u2019ve always heard that if you vote somebody into office and you don\u2019t like what they do, you can vote \u2019em out, and I\u2019ve decided that I\u2019m no longer going to vote because my vote doesn\u2019t count, and if I vote for somebody and they do something wrong, like vote for this immigration bill and it passes, you vote \u2019em out? You can\u2019t change it. It\u2019s already done. The damage is already done, so why vote? Why bother?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, because you can\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n

CALLER: But it\u2019s too late, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, it\u2019s not. No, it\u2019s not! No, it\u2019s not. If it\u2019s too late, I would quit. I will tell you when it\u2019s too late. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughs.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: If it\u2019s too late, then I\u2019m no longer going to host the program, and that\u2019s how you will know. You need to stay bucked up out there. You need to state inspired. This is natural to think that you don\u2019t count. You\u2019re just one guy and 300 million you don\u2019t count, and that\u2019s not true. You do so much more to influence the shape of your country besides your vote. Your vote is important. The only reason I would tell you not to vote is if you stopped staying informed, and then your vote is worthless. If you\u2019re voting and you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re voting on, then, yeah, stop voting, but your impact on your family and the people that you know and your community far more sometimes than even the way you vote, and you can\u2019t give up on this stuff. This is the history of the country. It\u2019s been going on, these battles, these fights. You know, communists have been out there everywhere. The liberals, leftists, socialists have been trying to take over the world forever. Somebody has to stand up to \u2019em, and we need people like you in the fight. You can\u2019t throw in the towel here. I\u2019ll tell you when it\u2019s time to do that. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Frank in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, I\u2019m glad you called. You are on the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mega dittos, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes. Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re welcome. Your last caller, we need to tell him he not only has to vote but he has to get active. The only way to let these current elected politicians like Kanjorski and Specter and the people from Pennsylvania, Casey, is to see us at that rally, saying, ‘Look, you vote for this illegal amnesty bill, you\u2019re out. You\u2019re outta here.\u2019 Here\u2019s one other thing Rush. These Mexicans — or these Latinos — emigrating across the border? They\u2019re not coming from seven-dollar-an-hour jobs. Tthe Heritage Foundation just did a piece, put some numbers together. For every dollar that they pay in in taxes, they get $4 in benefits, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, I know. We talked about this on Friday. This is our buddy Robert Rector at the Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right, right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: One of the things that the supporters of the bill are saying is these people are going to become net taxpayers, contributors, that they\u2019re going to come and contribute all this new-found tax revenue because of the jobs they\u2019re going to have, and Rector has established it\u2019s just the opposite. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: They\u2019re going to be a net drain. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve been warning people. The Democrats know this in truth. This is just about expanding the welfare state. This is expanding transfer payments, the redistribution of income. They know full well.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, 3.9 trillion is the number. It goes from 468 billion a year to 3.9 trillion. Who\u2019s going to handle that? My kids?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes! <\/p>\n

CALLER: Not while I\u2019m alive.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Who do you think is going to handle it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Not while you and I are here, my friend.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, I know.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, here\u2019s the next thing. Teachers unions. You know who\u2019s going to grow because of that? Teachers unions. Rush, it\u2019s time for these people to get motivated, active, and go. June 3rd we\u2019re having a rally in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, in support of Mayor Lou Barletta. You heard of Mayor Lou Barletta?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, of course. I\u2019m host.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Good, good, good. So you know what? That\u2019s how to get active. So if people in the northeast PA can hear this, let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate your inspiration, because it\u2019s not time for people to cash in the chips on this yet. It simply isn\u2019t, and to think that it\u2019s over before we\u2019ve even had the vote, that\u2019s fatalistic. That doesn\u2019t happen on this program. We don\u2019t allow it. Thanks out there, Frank. <\/p>\n

RUSH: This is Kyle in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello, sir. Look, I just wanted to say, if this legislation, the immigration legislation goes through and is signed into law, they\u2019re estimating 12 to 20 million illegals or ‘undocumented workers\u2019 here now —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — it seems to me like all this is going to do is create a mad dash for the border. By liberals\u2019 own words, the guys, these people are undocumented.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that\u2019s a good point, because the bill says you gotta be able to prove you were here prior to January 1st.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. So they\u2019re undocumented by definition. How…? All they have to do is show up here. <\/p>\n

RUSH: There\u2019s no enforcement mechanism in there. They say there is, but there isn\u2019t going to be one. If somebody crosses the border the day after the bill is signed, ‘I\u2019ve been here since December 2006. I\u2019ve been living in the shadows,\u2019 and somebody says, ‘No, you haven\u2019t,\u2019 the idea here is not to kick anybody out. That\u2019s a good point. What does it do for the future wave of immigration? Well, we\u2019re going to shore up that border out there. We\u2019re going to build a couple feet of fence. It\u2019s bad, folks. It\u2019s bad, but it\u2019s not time to give up. The fact that it\u2019s bad ought to inspire you here to do what you can to oppose it and join the legions of those who are trying to stop it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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