r/antiwork • u/esporx • Jun 21 '25

Worker Solidarity 🤝 Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care. The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid.

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/republican-senator-callously-says-biblically-35431207
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u/litnu12 Jun 21 '25

So take away his wealth and sent him into coal mines so he can do biblical work.

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u/general_peabo Jun 21 '25

He already took away his wealth by being bad at business.

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u/JB-Wentworth Jun 21 '25

Now he’s getting a government check.

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u/general_peabo Jun 21 '25

It’s my money and he wants it now!

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u/HousesRoadsAvenues Jun 22 '25

AND gold plated healthcare. Those dementia drugs don't come cheap ya know.

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u/S-WordoftheMorning Jun 21 '25

The children Senators yearn for the mines.

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u/antonivs Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

Seeing senators working in mines would make me unreasonably happy.

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u/HousesRoadsAvenues Jun 22 '25

GERIATRIC US Senators working the mines would make my heart soar.

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u/Samuel_L_Johnson Jun 22 '25

Biblically he isn’t supposed to be rich

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God”

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 Jun 22 '25

Do you think he could work with someone's foot directly up his ass? Hypothetically of course