Republican Chooses The Worst Place To Whine About Americans Not Working Enough
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“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much.

“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much.

House Republicans held a hearing Wednesday throwing cold water on President Joe Biden’s plan to give more workers overtime protections.

Even though the hearing was about employees who work long hours, the GOP chair of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce took a moment to argue that too many Americans don’t want to work at all.

“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period … and want other people to take care of them,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Fucking loads

    The House of Representatives has averaged 146.7 “legislative days” a year since 2001, according to records kept.2 That’s about one day of work every two and a half days. The Senate, on the other hand, was in session an average of 165 days a year over the same time period.

    https://www.thoughtco.com/average-number-of-legislative-days-3368250

    So they can shut the fuck up about people not wanting to work. And they get base salaries of $174,000 to not work half the year.