Reactionary stereotypes about poor people have not appreciably changed since the Victorian Era. - ThreadSky

volts.wtf • 4 days ago

Reactionary stereotypes about poor people have not appreciably changed since the Victorian Era.

Mike Johnson on Medicaid: "What we've talked about is returning work requirements ... you return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day. We have a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid."

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jerrysgal.bsky.social•4 days ago

Have you actually seen the “waste, abuse and fraud” of which you speak? No really. One example.

hgpchgo.bsky.social•4 days ago

If they’re looking for savings, stop paying for Trumps golf “games” and put him to work!!

hgpchgo.bsky.social•4 days ago

So abandon the many for the few!

opus17.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s not talking about the white sons of his rich donors. They are lifting weights, taking supplements and listening to podcasts. Too busy to work.

areaman65.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are there no work houses?

oswaldphaygood.bsky.social•4 days ago

Y'all need to be paying attention to Mike Johnson's obsession with young men.

rgoldson.bsky.social•4 days ago

No one wants to be poor. Still haven't met the person not trying to lift themselves up.

trishmcd1981.bsky.social•4 days ago

Republicans must have a lot of sons that do nothing all day but play video games.

cousinb.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is like the welfare drug testing in FL. So few people tested positive, and so many had to be reimbursed that it cost the state almost $120k. Only 2.6% tested positive, a third as many as Floridians in general. MedicAid work requirements will pan out the same way. The vast majority already work.

screaminglife.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maybe it’s the guys he is meeting on Grindr that are giving him this impression

dave.bzky.team•4 days ago

The fucking smirk on this asshole.

oswaldphaygood.bsky.social•4 days ago

He has the smugness of a closeted gay man who thinks nobody knows about that male hooker back in Shreveport

eca23.bsky.social•4 days ago

Guess young video gamers are the new welfare queens. These guys sure love their labels.

smedleybutlerghost.bsky.social•4 days ago

all those twitch streamers defraudiung Medicaid, uh huh...

anotherbob.bsky.social•4 days ago

How about work requirements for presidents and cabinet secretaries?

nlewis1111.bsky.social•4 days ago

Actually kind of wish they would golf more and do less destruction.

ceebee4.bsky.social•4 days ago

WTF has Mike Johnson ever done to make a positive contribution to society?

hansnijmegen.bsky.social•4 days ago

you'd prefer to wish him something right away, sorry

twitterrefugee63.bsky.social•4 days ago

Aren’t nearly 40 percent of his constituents on snow sort of government aid/assistance?

atlgreg1.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.”

Herman Melville

internationaljesse.bsky.social•4 days ago

"Team, no matter the question... you must work the phrase 'fraud, waste, and abuse' into your answer". Man I fucking hate these lying fucking fucks.

michaeljameshawk.bsky.social•4 days ago

cc: William Jefferson Clinton.

oldpig.bsky.social•4 days ago

Then Victorian morality is a weak point for MAGA.
Is MAGA behaviour consistent with their Victorian Morality? Appeal to their Victorian Morality.

esmeestreachailt.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep. Most US homeless work full time.

thediscoveryofzero.com•4 days ago

We need to set up places for these people to work. We could call them “workhouses”.

jimmycrackorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Holy crap what a pile of self serving BS

cbushwrite.bsky.social•4 days ago

And it's absolutely mind-blowing how much they hate poor people. I don't get it

fplynch.bsky.social•4 days ago

"Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding; yet for the poor we delight in stripping it still barer, and are not ashamed to shew even visible displeasure, if ever the bitter taste is taken from their mouths."
-- Samuel Johnson
https://www.samueljohnson.com/charity.html#145