“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.).

  • @Anti_Iridium
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    77 months ago

    That’s not entirely true. Work that’s fulfilling is something I want to do, and I would be willing to bet most people feel the same way.

    • @agissilver
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      67 months ago

      Yes, but probably not as much as you work now, and definitely not overtime until burnout.

    • bufalo1973
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      17 months ago

      Is you got paid only for existing and you did something that now is called work, that “work” becomes something else: a hobby.

      We all have hobbies but the vast majority of people don’t like to work.