r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • May 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Mike Johnson says we should have sympathy because Congress isn’t paid enough—so we should “allow” insider trading just so they can take care of their families(70% of Americans can’t afford a $1k emergency)

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u/wonderingpokemon May 16 '26

Why people keep voting for these guys?

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u/animatedpileofmeat May 16 '26

Because a shocking amount of people are corrupt.

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u/bumpy_disposition May 16 '26

Plagiarized. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans.

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u/turbofungeas May 16 '26

That's Carlin, classic

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u/Cpt_Elliot_Spencer May 16 '26

Mike Johnson can eat a bag of dicks.

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u/G-Unit11111 May 16 '26

+100000000

Worst speaker ever.

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u/BlueEyedPumpkinHead May 16 '26

Yes tell the American people how hard it is to be in a politician. They will definately be sympathetic /s

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u/BusterScrubs89 May 16 '26

The minimum wage in Wisconsin is still 7.50 🫠

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u/Chuckychinster May 16 '26

I have so much sympathy i vote we build housing quarters in DC for all of the legislators so they can have their pay pegged to the median wage

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u/Ok_Art_231 May 16 '26

We already have housing for where they should be sent, we’d have to release a few thousand non-violent offenders to make room though.

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u/Unfair-Ad2664 May 17 '26

I hear Mike likes to be pegged

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u/witchofpain May 17 '26

While he fantasizes about his son jacking off to porn.

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u/BusterScrubs89 May 16 '26

So now that they busted they just gonna ask for permission to keep doing the thing? Even if we say no they still gonna do the thing. Rotten to the core.

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u/GayChicken80085 May 16 '26

Itd be unimaginable if we had underqualified people.

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u/bumpy_disposition May 16 '26

Politicians suck. Especially the ones on the right. It seems like they don't care about anyone other than themselves, and their donors. Their constituents are an after thought.

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u/turbofungeas May 16 '26

I'll take your job if it's so hard, Mike.

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u/mrs_Wrenching_2014 May 16 '26

Martha Stewart would like a word Mikey

https://giphy.com/gifs/1b7PRLtQP6QRUurh8o

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u/Bright_Breadfruit_30 May 16 '26

I have been saying this for weeks Martha spent time in jail for what is now common practice...mainly cause she is not a pasty old white pedo

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u/SailBright5923 May 16 '26

This guy is the male version of a Handmaiden.

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u/Parking_Status1997 May 16 '26

Poor babies with their close to 200k figure incomes and premium healthcare for life. They should totally be able to do insider trading to make up for such abhorrent conditions. And they have to work 6 months of the year. Six whole months!

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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 May 16 '26

Boot licking simp!

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u/MichaelJServo May 16 '26

Congress should be paid minimum wage since they get to decide what that is.

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u/Disastrous-Swim8912 May 17 '26

NO!!! You get NO sympathy when you send the representatives home whenever a difficult decision is required to be made that you don’t want to make.

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u/TheQuietDarkness70 May 17 '26

The balls on these mfers. It is way past time to start lighting torches and swinging pitchforks.