“Return the dignity of work to young men who need to be at work instead of playing video games all day.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Republican efforts to attach work requirements to Medicaid, suggesting that young American men are wasting their lives “playing video games all day” instead of working.

Johnson’s remarks came as House Republicans pushed forward a budget framework that would help finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, with plans to slash federal spending by trillions. GOP leaders are eyeing $880 billion in reductions to Medicaid, a move critics warn could gut health coverage for millions of low-income Americans.

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    5 days ago

    Makes me think of Bukowski’s ‘The Genius of the Crowd’…this part particularly;

    "…but there is genius in their hatred

    there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you

    to kill anybody

    not wanting solitude

    not understanding solitude

    they will attempt to destroy anything

    that differs from their own

    not being able to create art

    they will not understand art

    they will consider their failure as creators

    only as a failure of the world"

    https://youtu.be/el8BHe18owk