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.
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Mike Johnson, you know who's "draining resources?"
Your mother.
I've been working since I was 13. But I think my avocado toast budget just can't be cut any further.
The US has the lowest unemployment rate in history. Who he fuck has time to play games?!
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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.
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Well since its always projection with these losers, I wonder what he's been playing lately that he feels so guilty about.
Anime-based porn games... Doesn't filter out by his son.
Pay people more work and have them do dignified jobs (ie: not making them pee in a bottle) and you'd have more people working.
Treat people like shit and crash the global economy, not so much.
But it's not like conservatives care about making sense of being consistent. Hang mike johnson.
Mike Johnson needs to drain my butt while I drain resources. In other words, eat shit, you fucknutter.
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Mike Johnson, you are cordially invited to fuck all the way off with that delusional bullshit.
When the hell will 'wholly detached rich guy says other people should work harder to make him even richerer' stop being so fucking common? I see like one of these a month minimum these days. Man, fuck every one of these assclowns.
Well-paying jobs are everywhere! In fact, I had three job offers hit me in the face just now while I was walking my dog.
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How about do literally fucking anything to make it possible to work in exchange for a living wage, huh? I hope these fascists get sent to concentration camps themselves in the end they fucking deserve it, unlike the Jews did.
‘They’re draining resources’
... from their rich overlords.
That's what he means.
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.
He hates them because they're fun and he's republican. Sad and pathetic to end up so cross.
They targeted gamers.
What the fuck does that have to with access to medical care you absolute fucking waste of flesh‽
No one is living off of Medicare or Medicaid. No one is able to not work and instead play video games all day because of these programs. All a work requirement does is make it harder for these programs to help the people who need them. Which of course makes it more likely that they will be stu k with deteriorating health issues which will make it harder for them to work.
This is just an attempt to cut benefits for the poor to make room for tax cuts for the rich. It's all about obfuscating the cuts so they can try to dodge accountability.
Fuck you Mike Johnson. You are net drain on humanity. You are actively working to increase suffering and death. Stop pretending to love Jesus because the last time he met someone like you he whipped them and drove them out of the temple.
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I hate that a little worm like this shithead has any power whatsoever.
This weird little freak can go fuck himself.
This must be a sign from God that I need to pursue the American dream of monetized game streaming.
He does understand that neet gamers are the republican base right?
The day Mike quits his cushy job as house speaker and goes to work in the mines is the day I'll join him there
Hes totally a drain on Oxygen ressources. He should stop using it.
Oh so we aren't doing massive layoffs suddenly? /s
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.