The correct response to Sen. Cornyn's statement

[soothsayer]

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MJ Hegar
@mjhegar
Yes, it's truly awful that Texas taxpayers are paying you with three government pensions and a government paycheck to do absolutely nothing in the Senate right now.

Sen. John Cornyn: "The federal government is paying people not to work -- that's the wrong incentive."

[walkingman]

1. I'll be so glad when we get rid of this "holier-than-thou" piece of shit. It can't come soon enough.

[Dustlawyer]

7. +1!!! You said it!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. So the Dude

is a Quad Drouple Dipper. Damn,the Dude sure knows how to spread his Bullshit.

[northoftheborder]

3. A Texas business man got millions from first assistance benefit -

he went out and bought a Lamborghini, real estate, and other luxury items --- Where is Cornyn's outrage about that??????

[Marcuse]

4. Trickle up economics works better than the Laffler crap shoot.

[ananda]

5. I voted for her in the primary..

.. and of course I will vote for her against Cornyn!

I like her!!!

[txwhitedove]

8. I did too!

[Catherine Vincent]

6. 👍🏽

Can't wait to vote for her.

[calimary]

9. Bastard! Cold-hearted bastard.

What's your middle name, Cornyn? Marie Antoinette?

[GETPLANING]

10. MJ for Texas

[marble falls]

11. Paying him certainly provided him with no incentive to work for constituents.

[iamateacher]

12. Snap

K&R

[crickets]

13. Ouch, that oughta leave a mark.👍 nt

[Lady_Chat]

14. Would someone please explain something to me

If you are unemployed and employment is offered to you, don't you lose your unemployment check if you refuse? Thank you.

[soothsayer]

15. Hey good point

Not if you lie?

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. During normal times, yes, but these are not normal times

During normal times, you are expected to look for work and make a certain number of applications per week. You report the contacts you made to your state workforce commission and they can check that those contacts were made. If you get a job offer, you're supposed to report that too.

But here's the thing. What if you have asthma and your Trump loving boss calls you back to work. You go in to see if proper measures are being taken to protect your health and they AREN'T. Do you go back to work even though you're risking your health?

Don't get me wrong. I'm sure that some folks are treating their time being unemployed as a paid vacation, but to employers, a gap in your resume is bad, no matter how legitimate the reason. The longer you are out of work, FOR ANY REASON, the harder it is to get re-employed. Believe me. I've been there.

[Cha]

16. Rt!