Boortz: Faced with an impending national disaster, "we should save the rich people first"

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On the October 14 broadcast of his daily radio show, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz stated that if the country is faced with an impending national disaster, it should make it a higher priority to save rich Americans rather than poor Americans.

An October 13 New York Daily News article spurred Boortz's comments. The front-page story, headlined "Rich Got Terror Tip," reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether its officials alerted certain New Yorkers of a terror threat to the city's subway days before the rest of the city learned of the possible plot. According to the article, the probe was launched after the discovery of two emails describing the bombing plot that "had been sent early last week to a select crowd of business and arts executives by New Yorkers who claimed to have close connections to Homeland Security."

After summarizing the story, Boortz responded, "This is as it should be." He went on to imagine a scenario in which the country is forced to "set some priorities" regarding who will be notified of an impending disaster. "We should save the rich people first," Boortz declared. "You know, they're the ones that are responsible for this prosperity." Boortz described the poorest Americans as "a drag on society" and stated that they "don't achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. They can barely read."

From the October 13 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:

BOORTZ: OK, I've got an insensitive thought, folks. There's a news story out there -- there's a news story out there that rich people got some sort of an email notification of the terrorist threat against the New York subway before poor people did. OK? They're making a big deal out of it. Let me see if I can find it on the Drudge Report here. Let's see. There's a guy strangling a goose. That's a pretty good -- that's a pretty impressive picture. It's something about bird flu. So he's got this goose and he's just wringing its neck. You can -- oh, who tipped off the big shots? OK, now here's the story. And it says, "The Homeland Security Department launched internal probes yesterday into whether its officials tipped off friends and relatives to a possible subway terror plot days before average New Yorkers were alerted." So the real gripe here is that it seems that some wealthy people got notified of the terror plot before the great unwashed, before the others. Now, the Daily News in New York has a headline: "Rich got terror tip." Rich got terror tip. OK, let's get logical about this, folks. Let's play logic with this. This is as it should be. OK? If we are faced with disaster in this country -- let me ask you this, OK? You just be logical. Get all of the emotion out of this. Get all of the emotion out of this. But if we are faced with a disaster in this country, which group do we want to save? The rich or the poor? Now, if you have time, save as many people as you can. But if you have to set some priorities, where do you go? The rich or the poor? OK? Who is a drag on society? The rich or the poor? Who provide the jobs out there? The rich or the poor? Who fuels -- you know, which group fuels our economy? Drives industry? The rich or the poor? Now if you -- all of a sudden, somebody walks up to you and says, "Hey, Boortz listener. You're gonna have a -- you have to make a choice. You're going to -- we're gonna move you to another country. And you're just gonna have to make your way in this other country. We have a choice of two countries for you. In this country, people achieve a lot and they are wealthy because of their hard work. In this country, people don't achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. They can barely read. And the high point of their day is Entertainment Tonight on TV. Which country do you want to live in? The country of the high achievers, or the country of sheep, the country of followers?" You know what you're gonna do. I don't see what the big problem is. I just don't. I mean, if you -- who do I want to save first? The rich. Save the poor first. Then, when everything's over, where are you gonna go for a job? OK, hey, if I get a tin cup, can I sit next to you and sell pencils too?

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I'm serious about that, folks. You see, that's the kind of thing that's going to end up in news stories: "Neal Boortz said that in times of disaster we should save the rich people first." Well, hell, yes, we should save the rich people first. You know, they're the ones that are responsible for this prosperity. I mean, you go out there and you look at this vast sea of evacuees, OK? You want to get an economy going in some city? Well, who you gonna take back? The people who own businesses? Or the people that sit around waiting to get their minimum wage job, work 'til Friday, get a paycheck and then not show up again until the following Wednesday? Come on. Just put a little logical thought into this, folks.

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As long as we're assigning rank on the Titanic, why not save the scientists and educated first? A civil engineer may not be "rich" but he's likely to be needed in some post-Apocalyptic future Boortz is imagining. Some spoiled rich frat rat who manages money won't be worth a damn in the real world.

Frankly, if we get simoultaneously nuked in 5 or 6 cities, or have some other beastly fate fall upon us such that we need to decide who will survive first and who will get the last seats on the boat, I don't think I even want to be around. I don't want to scrounge around for water or food after some cataclysmic event, wondering where I'll be able to score some ammunition...

After glancing over the centuries of mans inhumanity to man, I don't really hold out a lot of hope that we'll even make it to the Star Trek mentality. If we keep "electing" people like Bush, I think our days are numbered.

I had a great weekend. How was yours?!

I agree 110%, save engineers, counselors, teachers, lawyers,....the backbone of the country. :clap:

Gulp. That means Erin gets saved and I get thrown to the lions. :lol:

And the lawyers? They're the scum of the earth.

Save the rich people first, so what else is new???? Sounds like the same old crap and some rich people are the scum of the earth. I'm not just talking about the Bush family, I'm talking about some rich people I unfortunately have met over the years. Horrible arrogant people, and one of them was a pastor. They think the world should bow down to them and the working class people are the scum.

And yes, they vote republican. :bad:

Yep, social darwinism at it's greatest-GOP platform and overall beliefs.

Not all of them. Many in the Hollywood crowd are loaded and vote Dem. And what about people like George Soros?

I'm well aware of that, E.M., I was referring to the ones I know. Believe me they have no problem letting the whole world know how they vote. I used to hate to walk by the rich and obnoxious pastor's house up the street, I'd have to look at his political signs supporting republican candidates. It made me want to puke. So glad he moved.