“Return the dignity of work to young men who need to be at work instead of playing video games all day.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Republican efforts to attach work requirements to Medicaid, suggesting that young American men are wasting their lives “playing video games all day” instead of working.
Johnson’s remarks came as House Republicans pushed forward a budget framework that would help finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, with plans to slash federal spending by trillions. GOP leaders are eyeing $880 billion in reductions to Medicaid, a move critics warn could gut health coverage for millions of low-income Americans.
What’s the point of fighting for freedom if my free time is still dictated by the government?
That’s funny. Last I checked, I’m not the one taking recess for f’ing Easter of all things.
no one shut down their job and prevented everyone from working for over a week just because they didnt get their way, either.
Typical republican sophistry
Sorry Mike, but one of the good things that’s come out of the internet is that it’s made people far more aware of just how much of the value their labor creates goes to paying for the privileged lives of worthless shitheels like you.
Upvoted for usage of the word “shitheel”. Love that word.
Oh are we gonna return to the video games are evil and should be banned era of America? What’s next DnD is turning kids into devil worshippers?
What’s next DnD is turning kids into devil worshippers?
Nah, that’s Harry Potter these days. Try to keep up!
Yes and after that, LSD-laced Disney character stickers being handed out in elementary schools.
Jesus, these fundies were have a different panic every month in the Reagan years.
Ya gotta check your kids Halloween candy for drugs! Even though that has never happened at any time in history other than the guy poisoning his own kids (or step kids?) candy. But every year there’s a big deal about it.
Who gives away drugs? What’s the business model here? How will you get repeat business?
These people don’t think things through!
My wife’s grand father once told her, “Don’t drive through (hippie college town near us) with your windows open because they’ll throw drugs into your car.” Ever since then I rolled down the windows regardless of weather. Never scored free drugs.
Have you tried looking sad when driving around with the windows down preferrably with some sort of signage that says “I am sad, free drugs would make me happy”?
“nobody ever has a stash of cocaine for emergency uses” ISAIP.
ISAIP: I said as I peed
You must be fun at the urinals
Wow, you messed up that and the attribution but I got what you were saying
There’s a ska/punk band called Leftöver Crack, based on this concept
Mike Johnson needs to drain my butt while I drain resources. In other words, eat shit, you fucknutter.
Devour feculence, Mr Speaker.
This “people should work harder” point is always made by people who haven’t done a honest day’s work in decades.
Seriously, what does Mike Johnson do? Sit around in rooms exchanging shitty ideas with out of touch, untouchable millionaires?
He has an app on his adult son’s phone to track his porn viewing habits. He’s a creep that has no ground to stand on to criticize others.
And vice versa, if I recall.
Yes. Their cult’s obsession of pleasure in general is disgusting. It’s probably why they want everyone else to be as miserable as they are
Men should stop wasting their time on nonsense like religion. Grow up. You can’t leave your life based on a fairy tale.
Come make me
From time to time the ruling class has to be reminded that, as the bigger of the two classes, the working class could just eat them and start over. If we’re not content with the system, we can change it anytime we like. We’ll start by trying to get change by ballot box, but if you close that door for us, if you force us too… we absolutely can get change by guillotine.
He had me at “Return the dignity of work”.
I don’t think that he has any intention to do that, but that would certainly go a long way towards getting people to work like he wants.
Was annoyed, then confused, then I see what you mean. Yeah, he’s got no intention of actually bringing dignity back to the workplace, but some people would be willing to work if jobs were treated in a dignified way. As it is, tipping alone has ruined any possibility that the US would ever let the people “take away” the ability of rich people to have servants.
This fucking administration…
Deportation for everyone: it’s ok, we’re saving Jewish people from the mean mean thought criminals.
Gut all beneficial programs: it’s ok they’re all parasites who play video games all day.
Dude’s like 5’2, MAYBE 100lbs soaking wet, and spineless. Fuck off, bitch.
What does size even have to do with anything. Don’t have to be short to be spineless or a bitch.
These assholes talking about working lol.
They “work” 70(?) Days out of the year. On top of that they spend like 95% of their time telling billionaires what they will do for them if they give them money.
Fuck this pencil-dicked Evil Leave-it-to-Beaver looking motherfucker.
Not defending Mike Johnson here, but there’s supposed to be more to it than just the days in session. About 140 in session days, which allows other days to read and research what you’re legislating on. And then the lengthy recesses are so congressmen can be home to work with and listen to their constituents.
Whether or not it happens like that is a mystery, I guess.
Well, the ‘listening to their constituents’ thing certainly hasn’t been going well lately… what with all the screaming matches, arrests, barely contained open revolts and what not.
They just kinda said those were all fake news and then stopped doing them.
Quit enjoying your life with games and get back to making me and my billionaire buddies more money you slacker!
I just finished working four 12 hour shifts dealing with morons and shitty people, Mike. I’ll play some god damn video games if I want to.
