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.).

  • skulkingaround
    45·
    1 year ago

    To be fair, congressional salaries are actually way too low. You can barely even afford to live in DC on the salary of a congressman ($174k). I make almost that much sitting in my boxer shorts fixing AWS issues. Most congressmen have to maintain two residences and if their home state is more than poverty levels of expensive then they’re kinda fucked.

    It’s not hard to see how not paying our elected officials a wage high enough to live near their job could be an issue. Makes it way too easy to bribe them.

    • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      Or how about let stop thinking of federal politicking as a lifelong career that requires high pay. And besides the people getting bribed are the ones who have been getting bribed for years and are already independently wealthy because lobbyists know they are bribeable so raising congressional pay is no better than cutting a hig check to the wealthy again

      • skulkingaround
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s a complicated job that requires political experience, and being an effective congressman is essentially a full time job. If we don’t pay them well, then you’ll only have rich people in office because they’ll be the only ones able to afford being a congressman/senator/etc. As it stand currently, a lot of reps literally have to sleep in their offices because they can’t afford to live in DC.

        I’m not a huge Matt Y. fan but this article summmarizes the situation pretty well: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/3/18311810/congressional-pay-salary-decline-andrew-hall