WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Apr 14, 2021

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<v Speaker 1>In a Washington Post op ed, Bill Whalen of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco's authoritarian Board of Supervisors old 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