“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.
Hypothesis: Men are leeching government funds and playing video games all day
Proof: Man with government contracts playing POE on plane
The labor force participation rate for men ages 25-54 is approximately 90%.
Who the hell is he talking about? We’re all working already
https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm
Children. That’s why they’re eroding child labor laws.
He wants you to work more for less pay to make more money for the people he actually represents.
Just classic republican nonsense. Bitching about things that don’t exist. But they blast it all over, so people believe it.
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?
I mean, banning video games completely is part of Project 2025 and they’ve so far been pretty much following that to the tee.
It’s those damned horror comic books!
I’m British and I know it’s actually video nasties.
As a gamer, I believe the appropriate response is, “Suck my dick fag Johnson, your mom’s a cum guzzling whore draining the resources of my balls.”
Or something to that effect.
It’s unfortunate how many self-described “gamers” voted this entire thing in because they hate women and hate accountability and hate responsibility.
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“My dad works for Microsoft!!”
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.
This “people should work harder” point is always made by people who haven’t done a honest day’s work in decades.
Fuck you, I’ve worked 8+ hours a day for the past 30 years & I will do whatever the fuck I want in my off time.
Reminder: Mike Johnson has never actually worked a real job.
He’s a hypocrite & if there is a Hell, he’ll be burning right there beside me.
That’s the problem, he doesn’t want people to have an off time.
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
maybe try paying a living wage first.
I have an idea, mike. How about you stop trying to tell people what to do in their lives and trying doing your fucking job? Parasite.
‘They’re Draining Resources’
“Building new power plants and taking all the water just to service broligarchs’ AI businesses is fine, though.”
says guy who’s job is literally nothing more than draining resources. go fuck yourself cuntface.
Now I’m gonna play video games extra hard today. Fuck you, Mike.
Also - I generate more value while taking a shit than this leech has created in his entire life.
Quit enjoying your life with games and get back to making me and my billionaire buddies more money you slacker!
I’d wager I get more done by 8 AM than Johnson gets done all day.
Bonus: I don’t wake up until 9 AM.
