"If they see a sample station at the supermarket handing out free pepper jack, they're gonna pay for that cheese goddammit!"

Like disabled children or people with Alzheimer’s? Where will they get jobs?

Need to have 90% voting record, hold town halls once a month (those need to be announced- various times & locations- accessible to all who live in district) AND I want regular drug testing. If they can’t meet these goals they don’t get to live on the taxpayers dime. No paycheck. No benefits.

Reminder, Banks is the guy who called the fired federal worker a clown.

I’m fine with regular people getting free stuff. Congress? Not so much.

Right on the fucking money.

A majority of congress doesn't do shit. There are the few who do.

How many votes do they routinely miss?

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Yeah, Congress works less than 150 days per year so I'm sure we could find some helpful manual labor to fill in all that leisure time. Of course, the GOP members would just get exemptions for "bone spurs".

No all the free stuff is for the Billionaires who don't work but just garnish the wages of there slaves...

Rick Scott is an expert on MEDICAID FRAUD. His company pulled the biggest Medicaid ripoff in Medicaid history

Rick Scott knows ALL about MEDICAID FRAUD. Damn

For the record, many companies - especially big corporations that are run by billionaires - hire large portions of their line-level workforce as less-than full time employees, specifically so they don't have to provide benefits like insurance.

They definitely don’t represent us

Says a man with a $ 174+K, great retirement & benefits part time job.

Congress is the laziest bunch of scum on the planet.

Kilmeade a maga big mouth from FOX. Jim Banks pretty snotty in almost anything he says

AMEN!

they are clueless about reality, lots of "working" parents have to rely on medicaid and Snap, minimum wage is $7.25

Tea Party-mentality - “they” are lazy and steal our money.

The “welfare queens” all over again

Still trying to get my head around that. A congressman, saying people need to work? A REPUBLICAN person, telling people to do more to help the country? Need another word way past ‘hypocrisy’. Exponentially stronger.

Oh you poor misguided fucker.

It seems you are more focused on getting big tax breaks for the people who need them the least. Perhaps there is some fraud, but Congress does not need to vote on that. That’s an enforcement issue. Not paying your fair share of taxes is a bigger problem.

This is one of my #Indiana senators. Can confirm.

I don’t know what the percentage is but MOST people on Medicaid who are able bodied are ALREADY WORKING AT LEAST ONE JOB IF NOT 2 or 3….

We should tie their government healthcare to how satisfied their constituents are with the work they do, how responsive they are, how productive they are, how many votes they show up for, meaningful legislation they draft etc.

Their salary should be the average salary of their constituents. If they want a raise they have to get a raise for everyone else.

Deport jim banks, now !

They couldn't destroy Obamacare, so this is their way of breaking it.

It's just the rich and comfortable saying "Fuck you" to the American people. You deserve nothing. and we will give you nothing. A 10% tax on billionaires, and we'd have a surplus. They want for nothing, while trying to deny others an existence.

It’s weird that Republican voters don’t want to give benefits to people who “don’t work” yet they will vote for representatives that don’t work

Yes, and let everyone of our representatives start paying their own HEALTHCARE from now on. That will be their portion of savings, since they are able bodied people.

They should minimum wage too.

We hire the people in Congress through our vote and we pay their salaries and benefits which makes us their employers. In any other job if they ignored the boss's orders they'd be out on the street.

Congress should have to check in once a month to document their hours worked to justify continuing to receive their government health care benefits.

Unless your job is to lie more than a used car salesman. Why are we putting up with these absolute lies?! It's not "a little bit wrong" it's completely fraudulent.

World’s most punchable face.

Jim Banks is all about people who work. Except of course himself. Because he spends more time on Fox than he does doing his actual job. Lazy bastard.

Omg...this post literally made me LOL 😆 😂 Yes...I'm losing it 🙄

oh, ffs. I wonder if that dipshit has done anything useful for anybody, especially since he got into office. (My guess would a big, fat NO!!)

they work extremely hard......................at keeping their highly paid positions with all the benefits and corruption that most others would be given jail time

How about you all ignorant assholes who think it’s a good idea to cut Medicare and Medicaid just shut the fuck up !! Time to gut the whole congress and start all over !!

Can we also include CEO of fortune 500 companies; need to report a 5 bullet points on how they help make America great.

Sure, like a 90-year-old grandma, see how that works out for "ya"

Can you supply PROOF that ppl on Medicaid are able bodied workers SITTING AT HOME. We need EXAMPLES

Not examples. Data.

Exactly we need something to back up these claims. What percentage of able bodied Americans getting Medicaid are sitting home SURVIVING not working? Data that we have now from the system that ALREADY requires able bodied recipients to work says the number NOT working it’s BELOW 1%.

The most work they’ve done since the election is stock trades after they’ve been tipped off.

WTF? None of it is free . What a horrible person.

It's time folks,time ,time to make your reps represent the people,not their own interests,time to replace them,time to take back democracy,if we want to keep america,,a free America,not a fascist one,get rid of the magats, fascist party!!!

They are no longer “ public servants” They are self serving. They need new rules No pensions. SS at 65. Pay for own insurance that can be denied. No trading stocks. They are docked for every vote they skip. If they miss a holiday working. Too bad. Welcome to real world.

oregon did something similar in terms of representatives and them abstaining from votes

How did it work out xandria?

a lot of republicans were ineligible to run in oregon due to (i believe it was) 6 or more abstains within a 12 month period without reason

Oh, make note of the part: "go to work EVERY DAY" These assholes want slavery back soooo bad. They won't be happy until every able bodied adult who isn't their kid has to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week to generate their wealth.

Let's make sure that the companies that employ people pay them enough to live?

Why doesn't this Big Beautiful Bill require Wal-Mart and other corporations whose lack of employee benefits and low wages force their employees into government programs pay back the tax payers funding these benefits?

Yes, all those disabled people in wheelchairs who are home bound. Send those fuckers to work. You fucking dick bags 😡😡😡🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

People on Medicaid aren’t getting things “for free” you raging asshole. We pay taxes to help each other - especially children, veterans, the elderly, the sick or disabled. But people like you are taking OUR MONEY. You are the parasite Congressman. Own it.

Look in the mirror you stupid POS

Totally agree

👍👍👍 republicans all DEI

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Indiana's finest. Scum.

Amen!!

My union mag had a pull-out calendar of the days the senate and congress were in session, I was gobsmacked by how few days they actually work.

Yup….cushy job with health insurance they don’t pay for while they strip from those who truly need it!!!!

Like Congress? One week on, 2 weeks off, no interaction with constituents. And while in DC no substantial work done

It’s a boys club with the occasional girl.

Dear Jim Banks FUCK OFF you kiss ass btch

There are babies, disabled people, elderly on Medicaid - I mean they’re supposed to work? The elderly after they’ve worked their whole lives? Sometimes I just want to fast-forward past this period of extreme idiocy

bsky.app/profile/paul... Embarrassing Indiana everyday…he is totally fine with our 3rd largest federal welfare state losing its funding, not feeding its kids, ignoring disabled & poor people, he’s a gem!

Pipsqueak's gonna squeak.

so 1 "bill of attainder" 2 a deny or disparage of the unenumerated 9th RIGHT OF CHOICE 3 willful negligence to provide for ...general Welfare 4 not necessary 5 not proper 6 not in pursuance there of 7 adding up to art 6 sec 3 oath violation 7 constitutional violations in that section

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Define able bodied.

Work requirements for congress before work requirements for medicaid. Mandatory town halls before mandatory work for medicaid. Etc.

Or know shit. For profit hospitals and healthcare systems are not as successful financially, have less successful health outcomes, cut their residency programs and hire non-certified healthcare workers. Non-profits are more successful on all counts.

Not sure my 95 year old father who only just retired at age 90 will be able to work 20 hours a week. Not sure if his Retirement home has job openings for someone his age. Not sure my Sister with stage 4 cancer, 85 pounds, will find an employer to hire her for 20 hours a week.

They should try living on minimum wage for a year with no healthcare or snap on top of work requirements

I agree with not paying able-bodied people who do nothing -- in Congress.😠 And I Really resent my taxes being involuntarily pledged to insure House and Senate members' PENSIONS against shortfalls. They funded illegal wars from the SSA Trust but we're supposed to accept less than we're owed.🖕

🤔 What do they use to determine "able-bodied"?

Yep, talk of work requirements for Medicaid (when the majority ARE working, are disabled or CHILDREN) from a prick who makes almost 200k a year, works less than half the year, and gets nearly 200 vacation days all while having his salary and healthcare fully paid by taxpayers is RICH.

A lot of people pay for their health insurance that in some states happens to be provided by Medicaid

They are not paid enough to pay for expensive health insurance.

I pay for my Medicaid and have a deductible. I pay for Medicare, too. I don't don't know what the Republicans are taking about.

They what everyone to be afraid…

Fook Jim Banks. I voted against that 🐓👅

Hey, Banks...you mean like Trump? Golfing every weekend at our expense? Like the rich tech bros who retire before 50? Surely you can't mean poor single moms? Bet you've never worked as hard in your life as they do. And you...how many hours a day do you WORK and how many hours a day do you chat

up your donors and promise to help them get richer? I think I'll look up your records....

I would like to see what they do with their 40 hour work week. They should publish every activity they do each day and post it and email it to their constituents.

The House has been in session 13 days in 2025. This Nazi is getting full taxpayer funded pay and benefits for working 13 days in 6 months.

You read my mind!

Hawley runs. Bobo dates Kid Rock. Jordan hasn’t passed a bill. And they still get their pension.

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Sadly, there's only one good thing to come out of Indiana.. John Mellencamp.

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Does Jim Banks know that most full time hourly employees of Walmart qualify for medicaid?

Said a twat with money in the bank. Did Repubs tie minimum wage to inflation? Nope. When was federal minimum wage last set? 2009. Cost of living over that span? Up almost 50%.

Term limits Age limits Code of conduct Investment lockups

We had a guy working for the DNC that was saying that, young kid. They are trying to kick him out.

Is sucking off the donor class work?

They'd blow a gasket working a 40/hr week and, if they're lucky, receiving two weeks of paid leave after a year. No per diem, no stipend to use at their discretion, no taxpayer subsidy for gym fees, no taxpayer $1,000/mo to lease a car, and etc. They need to learn to live on their income like we do.

Banks is an asshole his state voters should vote him out. and the Senators and Representatives should be made to pay for their and their family's insurance out of their own pockets. Bet they would be singing a different tune. They are employees of the voters so let them pay like other employees.

200 grand for about 100 days' work. But they get plenty in bribes and stock tips. No way can they afford to keep a home in their district and pay to live in Washington, on 200 grand.

I work in a retail chain, which keeps costs down by limiting full-time positions. This saves the biz $ since insurance is not offered to part-timers. MANY of these part-time workers have 2nd jobs, yet are still poor. These WORKERS need Medicaid! Every person I know on Medicaid works and pays taxes.

There are able-bodied people who go to work every day that still need Medicaid because their employer can't be bothered to provide healthcare coverage.

If rumpee and his magats' have their way, employers never will provide healthcare !

Drug testing for sure.

And he’s doing these on Fox. Bet if you profile the average FoxNews viewer a good proportion of them would be on #Medicaid. It’s the largest payer of nursing home costs; Medicare doesn’t cover long-term SNF care.

I think it is long overdue to make cuts to Congress' benefits - so they understand what it feels like. Cut their own health insurance FIRST before preaching that the rest of us are somehow not knocking ourselves out. Why isn't that in the Big Bill?

I’m with you: start with MAGA Congress.

These entitled POS have nerve. The waste/ fraud in Medicaid comes from doctors, medical device companies, insurance, not the person doing Chemo.

Same old Dog Whistles.................same old racism

“Go to work every day”. They’re gonna get rid of weekends.

I refuse to watch anything on FAUX news; you’re just ASKING to be lied to. It seems to me totally plausible these days for one to think the major news networks need to get the fkn White House’s approval before ANY of them report the news!!!!! I am SO SICK of what we’re NOT being told!!!!!

I agreed, totally. And take away their benefits and see if they start noticing the difference.

You need to go after the already Rich Doctors who are the ones that are committing the Fraud in Medicaid and Medicare . Oh that's right the people in Washington already knew that.

Jim Banks can fuck right off

Absolutely right. Congress abdicated all roles and responsibilities so why do they get a paycheck? And he's got free healthcare.

Congress shows up to the chamber about 175 days a year and does no work. Kick them off their free healthcare!

Yes, you can never enjoy the fruits of your labors and lifelong taxpaying in this ungrateful wretch of a f-ing shitty society.

Banks - all smiles and enthusiasm - justifying killing Americans.

I am a Hoosier. Banks is a POS. But most of Indiana votes red each election in spite of their crap.

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Yes!!! All poor nursing home patients and poor babies must WORK, ya MAGA DUMMIES..🖕

You mean like you guys who are always on vacation

Senator Scott was accused of frauding Medicaid. You ignorant POS

Medicare fraud!

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Sorry to spoil your beach time,Fetterman. You're a major disappointment.

So glad he’s fighting for the people of Pennsylvania. 🙄 (I can’t believe that I donated to his campaign.)

Republicans are despicable! They are absolutely deplorable! No humanity at all.

...and billionaires

Facts!

Have any of them filled out a Medicaid application, especially in a Red State? There already ARE work or school requirements I worked 2 days/week for 4 months and made $100 too much to get Medicaid last year

A lot of people who are working full time still rely on Medicaid because they cannot afford private insurance. It’s not getting stuff for free. It’s being treated like a human being.

How does he justify getting $175K per year to do things the opposite of which would benefit his constituents? If there's any fraud going on, it's in that. Health care is a human right.

And poor Fetterman missed his beach vacation. I feel so sorry for him.

That’s not true — the GOP/Maga do shit in Congress, especially now since they’re all a bunch of FOTUS lapdogs living off of OUR hard-earned American dime.

The same old Congressional GOP talking points. 🥱

yeah- Congress needs to stop getting freebies like health insurance, a pension and a salary (if they have money already)

Here’s looking at you, Jim…

This goes way back to Ronald Reagan days when he would tell the public that most of the money from our social safety nets went to Welfare Queens, with a very thinly veiled implication that they were black women sucking off of taxpayers.

Now we are seeing the racist right wing trump administration unapologetically do the quiet part out loud. I’m done. I’m just sitting here waiting to see if any more wouldn’t happen.

Right? Fetterman thinks it’s a force that he has to go to work, and we are forcing him to miss his beach vacation. It’s not like he’s losing heath care, or time off, amirite?

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When was the last time Jim Banks did an honest day’s labor? He spends most of his time shitting on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

Congress should be drug tested regularly as well. Their vote shouldn't even register until they blow 0's into a breathalyzer. They have a much larger potential for danger and disaster on public safety than a 17 year old folding shirts at the gap yet are abusing drugs and alcohol on the job.

Republicans still working the imaginary welfare queen story that a speech writer for Ron Reagan dreamt up.

Yes, please I agree they work maybe six months out of the year. They’re off every other week and then they complain about what little they fucking have to do like Fetterman missing the beach what people are trying to get by I’m sorry, but Congress🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

Appearances on Fox News don't count!

Saucy Jess Piper is the best Jess Piper.

Rick Scott made his money ripping Medicaid off.

Yep ☎️202-224-3121 and tell senate to #VoteNo

It always boils down to this.

Fact!

Not. Shit. Except launder money through their book deals from nefarious sources.... 🤬🤬

Says the guy getting free healthcare for life for his part time job.

Trump is Hitler same playbook; appeal to a racist society, political maneuvering & exploiting crises. Same play same twisted ideologies same racist fanatical support. MAGA=Nazi. Don’t be Like NAZI Germany via participation or compliance. The only people supporting this are racist sociopaths.

Let’s make Congress list what they’ve done each day

…said the pot to the kettle. 🙄

So they are cutting Medicaid by a trillion dollars and that is all attributable to waste , fraud and abuse. I know we dems just ignored it, but why didn’t the magats fix this during trumps first term. Seems like a big deal and easy to find!

Another J6 traitor, fuck off liar

As they cuff and arrest handicap people in wheelchairs who can't even breath on their own🙄 cold mfkers

Congress is as useful as a sack of rocks

"Let's make sure that people who work in Congress go to work every day and don't get things for free." Let's make sure congress members aren't taking lobbyist money or buying stocks while they serve in Congress.

There has for about as long as there has been a Civil Rights Movement a "John Birch Society"-type RW backlash, a racist fairy tale that "big, strong Black bucks" (I think that was a Reagan term!) sit home getting wasted while their "welfare queen" women use food stamps to buy steak. This is that.

They deserve exactly zero benefits or retirement. They should have their pay cut, too.

We should add a work requirement for running for congress, you have to show at least a year of working a minimum wage job to serve. Bet we could have good things if we did that.

And who decides if they are “able bodied” and just like deporting legal lawful people so will go Medicare requirements.. declined declined declined and no one to appeal to .

And who wouldn’t want their vacation time? 🤦🏼

Do you mean like the free healthcare you get courtesy of taxpayers' money??🤔🤔 While you and your Rethuglican buddies take away health insurance from your own constituents to give tax cuts to people who don't need them!!! 🤬🤬🤬

Full of shit.

Oh come on Jess, pre-Fox interview hair and makeup had to take HOURS out of their precious time... 🫠

who the f**k does he think American are???? Why is that such an arrogant answer?

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I like how they say able-bodied but not a word aboyt mental or emotional disabilities

We should eliminate their benefits. They can afford private insurance and they are not doing the work for the people anymore they are working for the felon instead and "they will get over it, right?"

Rick Scott as CEO of Columbia/HCA was fined for medicare fraud and lost his company. He was fired and wants retribution because he was caught . Look it up. @foxbusiness.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @chriscuomo.bsky.social @cnbc.com

I just said the same thing.

The eventual progression of what this politician is saying will be to argue whether someone is able bodied or not, using doctors that have never seen a person making judgment calls, all so they can justify denying benefits. Sure, you lost your legs, but many people work from a wheelchair. 😡

Can’t wait to see those nursing home patients march back to work! #votethemout

Make them work for hourly pay instead of receiving a salary and make them clock in/out. Make them pay for 80% of their health insurance. Make them earn their PTO. Make their paycheck and benefits disappear when they leave office. Just like the majority of their constituents.

Exactly so far. No repugs in Congress seems to be able to do their job

Yes same should apply for Congress

Let's make sure members of Congress show up for work more days than they're off. Considering they're making nearly $200k with not insubstantial expense accounts, it would be nice that they earned their pay if they're going to impose work requirements on aid recipients.

Unlike our politicians

Congress works an average of 147 days a year, some members a lot less, and even when they are there they don't do much. In 2024 Congress passed 78 laws. These able-bodied adults do not go to work every day and get so much for free, like inside info that they use to get rich in the stock market.

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What? like free gifts, trips and bags of cash from the israel lobby does he mean?

Take it from a Hoosier: Banks does absolutely nothing other than (1) hang around his office waiting for people to come in for photo ops, and (2) kiss a large orange butt. On top of that he’s full of hate and disrespects his constituents. Now he is going to proudly hurt his constituents.

Like you, banks. YOU get free healthcare. YOU get free stuff...through nefarious means. So just STFU.

Nathan.

Work or die, even if you are disabled.

Families I know who receive Medicaid, fall into a category of jobs they get don't pay enough to cover child care, bills, mortgage and food. Then premiums for employer provided insurance for the entire family?! 🤣🤣🤣😭

Let's also make sure they aren't double dipping: getting a paycheck from taxpayers & millions in bribes to screw the ppl who hired them. If they want to play the game of "govt should be run like a business" (an idiotic idea), well no business would allow employees to work for their opposition.

They go to DC from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday morning, and think themselves hard used if they have to work one day extra.

They need to provide a report every week detailing what they accomplished before they get paid.

And they get tons of shit for free. Fucking bastards.

Waiting for someone in the press corps to ask one of these yahoos to introduce them to the able-bodied person who is not working and getting something for free. Until they can produce actual evidence of the "evil" they claim to be ending, they need to sit down and stfu.

I’m not able-bodied and I STILL got denied Medicaid in Texas. These politicians can go fuck themselves to death. I’ll be homeless soon and it’s all their fucking fault.

WTF we waiting for?

I think someone should ask what resources are included to enforce work requirements? More staffing? Help with employment? It’s not as simple as they make it sound and usually costs more than it helps.