This financial cliff is just the latest excuse Democrats and the state-controlled media are using to pressure Republicans into raising taxes.

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RUSH: I think Obama is looking for historians to write about the historic transformation of this country. The ultimate shattering of capitalism. That's the legacy he's seeking.

RUSH: The best thing to do is back out of this and let Obama and the Democrats have it and do what they gotta do. 'Cause that's gonna happen anyway. I don't know about you, but I don't want my fingerprints on this.

RUSH: I'm saying, let Obama take this country where he wants to take it. Let's find out where that is. 'Cause there are some people who still don't get it.

RUSH: If we go into a recession, what are people gonna call for?  More government spending to get us out of it!

RUSH: This 401(k) plan that Teresa Ghilarducci has and these other people want is just a way to suck the last of the capital out of capitalism.

RUSH:  I'm formulating the question.  If you, Mike in Chino, are watching television and you see a political ad that has a picture of a station wagon and a dog on the roof in a cage, and you are told Mitt Romney hates dogs, do you believe it?

CALLER:  I do not. 

RUSH:  Well, thank you.  But the fact that a lot of Americans did, is what?

RUSH: If anybody believes that the government ever really ran a surplus, then you need to be sent to a reeducation camp. Ain't no way, Jose.

RUSH: You didn't earn it, the government allowed you to have it, and calling it a "subsidy" is a dog whistle term for people.  "Why are we subsidizing the rich?" is the shout from middle America and central California.

RUSH: Basically it's a scheme to capture even more taxpayers, and you put a 30% minimum tax on them. That way, you don't have to raise the rates.

RUSH: Look, you're singing from my hymnal -- and if that's too religious for you some of you, screw it.

RUSH: She has served her purpose. She has provided the distraction from what was Obama doing during the seven-and-a-half hours of the attack on that consulate.

RUSH: Romney, folks, is a great guy. Romney's a decent guy. Romney's one of these old-fashioned guys, he's gonna do the right thing.

RUSH: Literally hundreds of thousands of people a year would show up to learn to be inspired, to work hard to become successful. That type of motivation's practically gone in this country now, and to the extent that it still exists, it is frowned on.

RUSH: Thank God you discovered it, but wow.