WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Dec 07, 2020

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<v Speaker 1>In a Washington Post OpEd Bill Whalen of the Hoover

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<v Speaker 1>Institution asks if San Francisco is trying to hasten its

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<v Speaker 1>own demise. He concludes that they are. He says the

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<v Speaker 1>city looks like a ghost town because so many people

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<v Speaker 1>are working remotely. The office vacancy rates over the once

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<v Speaker 1>red hot real estate market is tanking rents of drop

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<v Speaker 1>by almost and there are twice as many homes for

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<v Speaker 1>sale today compared to a year ago. It's about to

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<v Speaker 1>get worse too. On election day, San Francisco voters approved

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<v Speaker 1>a proposition known as the Overpaid Executive Tax. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>surcharge tax for companies who pay their top people over

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred times what the typical worker makes. This tax

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<v Speaker 1>was tried in Portland, Oregon. It was a disaster. Corporations

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<v Speaker 1>did not lower executive salaries. They cut loose workers at

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<v Speaker 1>the lower end of the spectrum and replaced them with

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<v Speaker 1>independent contractors. They always find a work around. This week,

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco's authoritarian Board of Supervisors held on another set

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<v Speaker 1>of restrictions on top of the harsh COVID rules. If

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<v Speaker 1>you live in an apartment, you cannot smoke any tobacco

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<v Speaker 1>product anywhere in your home period. However, smoking a doobie

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<v Speaker 1>a marijuana joint at home, well that's fine, that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>People used to leave their heart in San Francisco. Today

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<v Speaker 1>you might lose your mind there