“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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    ‘They’re Draining Resources’

    “Building new power plants and taking all the water just to service broligarchs’ AI businesses is fine, though.”

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      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

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    says guy who’s job is literally nothing more than draining resources. go fuck yourself cuntface.

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    I’ll give up my fantasy worlds when you give up yours. Yours has been far more detrimental to the world.

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    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.

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    Then treat workers with dignity you asshat. Pay them well, give them the days off they need, give them a retirement to look forward to, health care, respect their time off, and STFU about what they do on their time off even if it’s just playing video games.