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Midnight Writer

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3. Nobody is refusing to work so that can get that sweet Medicaid insurance.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:26 PM

Aug 14

No one is refusing to work so they can scoop up that 6 dollar a day SNAP food allowance.

No one is refusing to work because they get heating assistance or Meals On Wheels.

There is no study that shows Medicaid recipients watch TV 6.1 hours a day. I'd bet $100 on that.

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'Go get a job!' Dr. Oz under fire for shaming 'able-bodied' Medicaid users [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 14 OP

These celebrities are so out of touch with everything and everybody. We should send him to South Sudan Blues Heron Aug 14 #1

Especially since Oz is famous BECAUSE SouthBayDem Aug 14 #10

hem. a lot of us do work and hey stup, i am retired full medical. gett a real job. AllaN01Bear Aug 14 #2

Nobody is refusing to work so that can get that sweet Medicaid insurance. Midnight Writer Aug 14 #3

Anyone who's still a Republican in 2025 is so fucking stupid they almost certainly believe all of the above. Karasu Aug 14 #14

Says the "man" Katcat Aug 14 #4

This effin' guy tonekat Aug 14 #5

Work till you're dead. rickyhall Aug 14 #6

I'm retired and I've turned "doing nothing" into my new full-time job wolfie001 Aug 14 #7

heh, I remember when my boss asked me what I would be doing on my day off Skittles Aug 14 #12

LOL!!! wolfie001 Aug 15 #15

this one cracked me up Skittles Aug 15 #21

... Harker Aug 14 #8

"My wife was complaining about the price of her crudit" wolfie001 Aug 15 #16

I haven't figured out how to avoid that, thus the ellipsis. Harker Aug 15 #17

Yep! Just a super duper rich a-hole wolfie001 Aug 15 #18

Oz the Asshole. NT cstanleytech Aug 14 #9

look who is whining about people watching daytime TV Skittles Aug 14 #11

Oz: "An able-bodied person on Medicaid today watches about 6.1 hours of television...." area51 Aug 14 #13

And who the fuck says something like "6.1 hours"? Aristus Aug 15 #22

"Get back to work, slave!" DSandra Aug 15 #19

He's attacking hypotheticals. Par for the Republican course. maxsolomon Aug 15 #20