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.).

  • Mossheart@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Nah, then you’re just gonna have even more people run for office who are independently rich. They’re already loaded so they won’t care about the minimum wages etc you proposed, they can afford what they want.