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GOP Lawmaker Laments Workers' Laziness In Hearing About Overtime Pay (www.huffpost.com)

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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.

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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[-] blazera@kbin.social -3 points 11 months ago

I dunno what kinda folks you think are in congress. They're all rich. Its not a matter of being able to afford living as an elected official, they have to afford winning an election.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/09/1141635119/the-first-gen-z-member-of-congress-was-denied-a-d-c-apartment-due-to-bad-credit

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/nyregion/albany-lawmakers-housemates.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3794921-incoming-generation-z-congressman-says-he-may-couch-surf-after-being-denied-dc-apartment/

https://nypost.com/2018/05/01/these-politicians-are-sleeping-in-their-dc-offices-to-save-money/

Two things:

"Congress" isn't just the Senate, in this context it refers to both houses (or usually, just the House of Representatives). Different people, often with very different backgrounds than "blue blooded," Ivy League legacy senators.

Many of these people (particularly the actual grassroots ones who aren't being funded by outside interests) don't come from wealth, and were normal, working class people prior to their political career.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Everyone in the progressive caucus seem to be good.

No real complaints about any of them. They constantly push for good shit.

And if they weren't paid, you might not have as many of them.

No, the absolute only people you'd have in congress would be rich assholes from rich families.

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