Limbaugh accuses Obama of “sophistry”: If unemployment benefits boost economy, “Why isn't our economy booming?” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 12/14/10 2:34 PM EST From the December 14 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show: Video file Previously: UPDATED: Pelosi was right: Economists say unemployment insurance stimulates the economy Limbaugh: “Nobody in their right mind would tell you that unemployment benefits ... is stimulative to the economy” Limbaugh: Obama is “not trying to help anybody but himself,” not the economy Limbaugh: Obama “wants to preside over the decline of the U.S. economy”