{"id":28814,"date":"2008-03-28T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:05:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:05:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:05:13","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_duty_march_31_2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/03\/28\/rush_s_morning_update_duty_march_31_2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Duty\r\n\r\nMarch 31, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Duty<\/strong><\/line>March 31, 2008<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><\/line>Watch It!<\/strong> <\/strong>Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line>Listen to It!<\/strong> Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n

A new study, my friends,reveals that older Americans are living longer, they are far wealthier, and they\u2019rebetter educated than any previous generation. Now, this contradicts the liberal view of America, which isa land of endless soup lines where seasoned citizens have to chose between eating dog foodor heating their cave-like homes.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to a column in the Baltimore Sunby Andrew Yarrow, a professor at American University. Mr. Yarrow isangry at the idea of early retirement. The professor calls retiring at “55, 62, or even 65…profoundly selfish and unpatriotic.” He says “dropping out” of the work force “leech[es] trillions of taxpayer dollars from the economy.”<\/p>\n

If you selfish, unpatriotic early retirees would just work longer, according to Professor Yarrow, you would “reduce government benefit costs by at least $100 billion” by 2024. Now, to help the government out, you ought to take up “encore careers”, too:”do-good, later-life jobs” — teachers, social service workers, public servants. To discourage early retirement, Yarrow suggests raising taxes on Social Security benefits taken before the age of 66, and lowering taxes for those who work after that age.<\/p>\n

See, to liberals, being an American in good standingisn\u2019t about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It isn\u2019t about freedom. Oh-ho, no!It\u2019s about funding your government, paying more taxes, and redistributing your incomefor others to spend! And as sick it sounds,it really is what they believe– and it\u2019s what they\u2019ll mandatethe minute they geta chance. You have been warned: Don\u2019t doubt me.<\/p>\n

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