I really didn't see this as a like/dislike Rush issue. I saw it as a does Rush promote the idea that there are far more people who are on government aid than should be. I can't imagine anyone suggesting he doesn't strongly promote this idea. Rush doesn't tilt things to his listeners. He tears them apart at times. It seems he really believes what he says. I believe there are many people that truly need assistance and should be getting far more aid than they are. This includes blind people, retarded people, people missing limbs, etc.. The problem is we are approaching 50% of the people receiving government aid. This is an absurd number. I know a 30 year old woman who has a four year college degree in a marketable trade, has no physical, mental, or emotional deficits. She refuses to get a job. She doesn't even look, and the government doesn't ask her to. The government gives her food stamps and other aid. Recently, she gave birth to her first child. The government paid all of the expenses and now has her child on free medical. As this type of aid increases, why would most people work? Would there be enough workers to keep society working? Politicians (Democrats) keep giving more because they personally get more power by promising other people's money to their voters. People complain that neither side compromises and we have a deadlock. This is far from the truth. Our country has been moving steadily left for at least the last 50 years. Obviously one side has been compromising... If they were both compromising equally we'd be roughly where we were in terms of socialism. But that isn't the case. The apparent deadlock now is because the people on the right are tired of compromising, and the left hasn't (on average) for the last 50 years. This is not a debate, it is undenable fact. It is an undeniable fact that our country has and continues to move left.