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Limbaugh: Being Unemployed “Is Not What It Used To Be” Because They Have “Flat-Screens And Food”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 07/08/13 3:26 PM EDT

From the July 8 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Limbaugh Explains How The Unemployed Are Doing Just Fine With Their Food And Their Cell Phones

Limbaugh: “It Used To Be When You Were Unemployed ... Stuff Came To A Screeching Halt. Including Eating”

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