“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.).

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    1 year ago

    These fuckers will make up anything with no data to back it up to whine about “laziness” when nothing short of abject slavery is what they want— and even then, they’d still complain.

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      “They sure don’t make slaves like they used to! Last batch of imports were dead on arrival from UPS. And the ones that we DO have want food. Like EVERY. DAY. I gave them food last Christmas, which I don’t REALLY have to do, mind you, but I’m all Christian Holy and shit, and they still just bitch and whine that they need food daily. Bunch of entitled freeloaders.”

      “But Bob, you lost you last batch due to dehydration. You need to give them water every day, too.”

      “There is a MOTHERFUCKING OCEAN only a TWO HOUR DRIVE from here. They have EIGHT HOURS A DAY they don’t work for me, but no, they just lie around napping.”

      “But they are chained up and can’t drive. Besides, once the flies are living in their wounds, that isn’t napping anymore.”

      “You sound like one of them liberals! Always spending brain power on an excuse instead of good, hard work.”