Friday, May 1, 2026

Shorter GOP: "There's No Reason Why Grandma Can't Go Work in the Mines."


He seems to be a classical wealthy conservative, one that still believes in county work farms, poorhouses and putting the elderly on ice floes.

Or Sununu's cheese may have slid off his cracker.

2 comments:

  1. More likely Grandma and the grandkids.
    Some states, like Arkansas and Georgia, have tried work requirements for Medicaid recipients which increased administrative costs due to tracking and compliance without improved health care outcomes. Aw-shaw, what's a little black lung anyway; just shake it off.

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  2. Spirit of Christmas Present: My time with you is at an end, Ebenezer Scrooge. Will you profit from what I've shown you of the good in most men's hearts?
    Ebenezer Scrooge: I don't know, how can I promise!
    Spirit of Christmas Present: If it's too hard a lesson for you to learn, then learn this lesson!
    [opens his robe, revealing two starving children]
    Ebenezer Scrooge: [shocked] Spirit, are these yours?
    Spirit of Christmas Present: They are Man's. This boy is Ignorance, this girl is Want. Beware them both, but most of all, beware this boy!
    Ebenezer Scrooge: But have they no refuge, no resource?

    Spirit of Christmas Present: [quoting Scrooge] Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

    Jacob Marley: I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link and yard by yard! I gartered it on of my own free will and by my own free will, I wore it!

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