“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.
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!
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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.
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.
Just classic republican nonsense. Bitching about things that don’t exist. But they blast it all over, so people believe it.
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!!”
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.
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.
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
Stop wasting your life playing vidyagaems. Start wasting your life creating shareholder value.
I’ll give up my fantasy worlds when you give up yours. Yours has been far more detrimental to the world.
Is he talking about Elon, or?
says guy who’s job is literally nothing more than draining resources. go fuck yourself cuntface.
The Trump admin just made their fatal mistake. They. Attacked. Gamers.
BOTTOM TEXT
If the gamers get spicy, the MAGA Nazi government should produce a game in which gamers can kill the government officials they hate. The gamers will stay inside and play all day. Problem solved.
I’ve been working since I was 13. But I think my avocado toast budget just can’t be cut any further.
Many men look at the pain/reward ratio and it’s not actually worth it. People are rational: toiling away to at best afford a tiny apartment that takes up half your salary while the other half is spent on food is not alluring. Ironically, this guy is in a position to alter society so the rewards are not so small and instead he chooses moral condemnation as the tool to motivate, as though his castigation will change the equation. He may be an idiot or may be very intelligent and just exploiting the system by saying what people want to hear to distract from the real problem.
Fuck you. Pay me.
