Republican Suggests Americans Who Can’t Afford Steak and Lobster for July 4th ‘Don’t Work as Hard as I Do’

https://www.commondreams.org/news/nehls-steak-lobster-affordability

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Switorik@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 48d (4 replies)

I would love to see him work a day in construction. He wouldn't last til lunch.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 48d (3 replies)

he'd bitch out after the sun came up.

JonEFive@midwest.social · 2 pts · 47d

Hah! He wouldn't ge able to get up early enough to be on a site before sunrise.

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d (1 reply)

He’d show up at 8:30, excited for the early start.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d

when he says he's a fan of carpenters, what he really means.

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crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 48d

As much as the beef industry is subsidized by our tax dollars, steak should cost next to nothing.

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 49d

He is not running again. And he reps a rich part of texas that actually believes that shit anyways.

JonEFive@midwest.social · 2 pts · 47d

Representatives that see fellow citizens with nothing but contempt.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d

we work hard enough to buy 556, is that enough to care?

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 48d

60% of wealth acquisition happens by inheritance.

The rich don't tend to get rich from hard work, they tend to just inherit most of their wealth.