Elaine Chao: Workers have "a patriotic duty" to take jobs companies can't fill.

[Nevilledog]

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Former Secretary of Labor @ElaineChao just said on @BloombergTV that workers have “a patriotic duty” to take jobs companies can’t fill. What about an employer’s patriotic duty to provide jobs with decent wages and benefits? (Cricket sounds here.)


11:03 AM · Nov 8, 2021

Fuck off Elaine.

[Me.]

1. Cheater Witch

giving all kinds of breaks to your friends.

[bedazzled]

2. Will she be working at mickey d's anytime soon?

if they will have her

[lagomorph777]

5. I assume she's applying; it's her patriotic duty.

[In It to Win It]

16. LMAO! You beat me to it

[Cracklin Charlie]

38. She's not a "worker".

That’s what the “little people” are for.

[KS Toronado]

53. Yea, she thinks she's the "Queen Bee"

[Evolve Dammit]

68. By jove, I think you nailed it. Entitled. All others should be grateful to be alive.

[Midnight Writer]

48. Don't mistake her for a patriot.

[Rebl2]

51. Don't worry

I won’t

[DeeNice]

3. Where are all the people shouting at her about their freedoms?

Crickets, no doubt.

[TDale313]

4. You first.

Let’s see your ass out there doing jobs that don’t pay a living wage or offer basic benefits or protection. Fucking greedy moochers. Eat the rich.

[Effete Snob]

15. Well, there's one job that most other Americans refuse to do....

[Celerity]

67. I would stitch my mouth shut before I would ever suck turtle paste

[AZ8theist]

69. THANKS for that....

There's an image in my head that will take a horse paste overdose to get rid of......

[sdfernando]

75. must gouge eyes out now! /nt

[Mr.Bill]

6. She's unemployed.

When is she going back to work?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. I think she's still paid to be McConnell's handler.

[SoCalNative]

19. She's on the board of Kroger

I'm sure she gets something for that

[Omnipresent]

7. Nobody's signing up for that shit!

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Rich indeed

[hunter]

9. Not for less than a comfortable living wage.

Otherwise, fuck off.

Any job that can't pay a comfortable living wage, especially in times of relative peace, simply shouldn't exist.

[sakabatou]

11. Especially with benefits.

[PXR-5]

10. Seriously,

If every Republican member of Congress took a retail job would that do much to the labour shortage? 😆

[Bettie]

20. It would make it worse

because can you imagine having those assholes as coworkers?

"OK, this is our new hire, Madison, now you need to train him..."

Or working with Marjorie three names or pretty much any of them. Imagine having to teach Gomert to use a cash register.

[Ligyron]

91. Gomert ... cash register!

Choked on my chile, had to give myself the Heinrich Maneuver.

[rurallib]

23. who'd hire them? They'd rob the place blind

[LenaBaby61]

27. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[hamsterjill]

13. She's no Patriot!

https://meaww.com/amp/elaine-chao-net-worth-criminal-abuse-power-chao-shipping-business-steal-millions

“The wife of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, allegedly used her administrative position to help expand her family's shipping business that is deeply entangled with Beijing. In fact, during the four years when Chao was in the Trump cabinet, her family business grew by almost half a million dollars per day, reveals Raw Story.”

[LaMouffette]

43. She is a patriot, just not to this country.

[Frustratedlady]

54. I never did see what came of the hearing/trial regarding her actions while employed by the govt.

I suppose they delayed or canceled it due to the pandemic. They glom onto any reason they can to avoid confessing their crimes. What a couple.

[hamsterjill]

59. Yes, that's another one I'd like to see

Given some judicial attention. Why aren’t these people behind bars!!!

[Frustratedlady]

72. Well, in looking at the Repukes who have been under investigation for various crimes during the

Trump administration, they'd have to build a new prison.

Trump would probably petition to have his name on it. How fitting would that be?

[hamsterjill]

73. His name.

And Golden toilets, right? Sheesh. There ARE a lot of them that should be doing time. Traitors.

[Solly Mack]

14. Workers of America! I'll shovel the shit and you do your patriotic duty and swallow that shit!

[MaryMagdaline]

17. You first, Elaine

See you at the Olive Garden

[A HERETIC I AM]

44. Or behind the wheel of a truck

[MaryMagdaline]

74. Yep! She was secretary of DOT after all

[gratuitous]

18. Can Whip Inflation Now be far behind?

We're gonna whip inflation now
We'll all eat crow instead of cow
We'll even starve to death and how
So we can whip inflation now!

And if you know what comic that's from, you're my friend.

[mtngirl47]

24. I immediately thought of Reagan's "Go out and Stimulate the Economy" and

WIN (whip inflation now) Sorry I don't know the comic...hope we can still be friends!

[malaise]

21. Unbelievable

These people are authoritarian lunatics.
I know a few truckdrivers and the medical costs of those severe back aches are astronomical/

[malaise]

22. Unbelievable

These people are authoritarian lunatics.
I know a few truckdrivers and the medical costs of those severe back aches are astronomical/

[Botany]

76. I wonder if human trafficking and running cocaine ...

... are some of those jobs?

[malaise]

77. Nicely played

[Botany]

90. Her daddy's shipping company kept getting popped for those activities; One time is random chance ...

... 2 times is bad luck but after that we have a pattern. Elaine's dad and his shipping Co. was
hooked into China's Communist party bosses & organized crime networks.

[rurallib]

25. All I can say is

Seriously Chao?

[maxrandb]

26. Why, that sounds almost like "socialism"

Ray-Gun Bullshit and 40 years of Hate Radio has turned this country into a Soup Sandwich.

I knew it right after 9/11 when we were basically told; "you have to sacrifice...GO BUY SOMETHING FOR GOD'S SAKE!

[roamer65]

28. Fuck her AND her stupid husband.

[NBachers]

29. "Back to work, churls!"

[Brother Buzz]

30. We're rich. How y'all doin?

[Liberal In Texas]

31. You first Elaine. Have a nice job flipping burgers for minimum wage.

It's patriotic, after all.

[onecaliberal]

32. Give away your illegally gotten gains fucking vile excuse for humanity.

[Kid Berwyn]

33. Like paying taxes?

What the little people must do.

[PatSeg]

34. Another privileged, entitled tone-deaf rich person

who has no idea how regular people live. Working a dead-end jobs for low wages and no benefits is hardly "patriotic duty". Maybe companies should do THEIR patriotic duty and sacrifice a little profit to pay their employees better.

[Hortensis]

85. And more? That duty to the state reeks of fascism.

Of course, given its very hierarchical structure, that sort of patriotic duty wouldn't apply to her priviledged class. These people keep revealing themselves.

Liberalism is the individual, fascism is the state. ~ Benito Mussolini

[PatSeg]

96. Yes they most certainly do

And they don't even realize they are doing so. To her, there was probably nothing wrong with the comment.

[Deep State Witch]

35. This Isn't China

You can't force people to perform essentially slave labor.

[NewHendoLib]

36. Man my "just go and fuck yourself" list has grown really huge.

[monkeyman1]

64. should be about the size of a Dictionary !

[Hortensis]

37. Fascistic JUST a bit? Expect it'd become a patriotic duty to work shelling crabs

seasonally as needed if they had their way. Not theirs of course.

When the tRump admin didn't issue the usual visas to bring in seasonal seafood workers, seafood crisis! We had fairly high unemployment at the time, and it seems likely Chao types thought laid off claims processors, IT techs, etc, would fill them.

Not without being schooled on their patriotic duty.

[FSogol]

39. The rich want poor people to be their slaves. That's where this country's oligarchs are headed. n/t

[MarcA]

65. Exactly.

It's not just the poor but everyone else they want as slaves. People keep giving them power by voting against their own well being and instead voting for the fear of gays, taking away guns, god, abortion, etc.

[Hekate]

40. In which country is this a duty? Entitled... woman

[xmas74]

41. My local Wendy's offers daily pay and a free meal off the

Budget menu.

She should apply. They could use her help.

[BootinUp]

42. Freeeeeeedumb. Nt

[BlueJac]

45. Isn't she Senator No Mitch the bitch.

[patphil]

46. If a woman could be a dildo, she'd qualify.

She sure has the mindless f**ker mentality.

It's your patriotic duty to take that crappy job!

[appleannie1]

47. I beg to differ with you

Now that you do not have a job, maybe it is your patriotic duty to get a job cleaning restrooms along the interstate. Or how about maid in a motel?

[IronLionZion]

49. Might as well repeal the 13th amendment

If only those damn foreigners didn't come over here and steal all these jobs... oh wait. How about companies do some patriotic duty and use their stimulus money and tax cuts to pay more to their workers? Or is that socialism?

[Hassler]

50. Daughter of a shipping magnate is a real voice for the working American.

[BlueWeirdo]

52. Wow Fascist much?

Do it for the Fatherland you unpatriotic slobs!

[PortTack]

55. You first..ding bat!

[Eugene]

56. Yes, worker bee, you have a duty to Queen and hive.

If you lose your life, it's a sacrifice we're happy to make.

This awful person has outdone herself.

[geardaddy]

57. Go back to Taiwan Elaine.

[pecosbob]

58. Former Secretary of Corruption says what?

She really ought to go work for the CCP.

[RainCaster]

60. Says Mrs #MoscowMitch

Who only works for foreign commie governments.

[spudspud]

61. She let a little of that CCP thinking slip out...

[TNNurse]

62. So which minimum wage jobs has she applied for???

[karynnj]

63. That should start with her!

Note that she implies that workers (unspecified) need to take jobs even if they don't want them. Did she ever in her life take a job that she didn't want ... for patriotic reasons?

[mjvpi]

66. She forgot to mention cake.

[Xipe Totec]

70. Chairman Chao?

[GoCubsGo]

99. Yep. Exactly.

[Evolve Dammit]

71. They want obedient workers. Smart enough to run the machines but not capable of critical thinking.

Watch George Carlin's "American Dream." He absolutely nailed it. RIP George.

[dchill]

78. A less-than-worthless mega-grifter.

No business using the word "patriotic."

[NQAS]

79. You start (nt)

[madinmaryland]

80. She and Moscow Mitch are RICH! Wonder how everyone else is doing.

[Takket]

81. so we want people to work jobs they don't want "for the country"

So... we're a communist country now? And Capitalism is dead?

[JanMichael]

82. What's that saying? Work shall set you free? Arbeit macht frei?

Awful person. Awful awful person.

[flying_wahini]

83. She has a patriotic duty to jump up my ass.

[PatrickforB]

84. No they don't. Geez. What rock has this woman been under?

Oh, that's right. Not a rock, but a TURTLE SHELL.

[Gore1FL]

86. I assume this applies to her, too.

I look forward to having her wait on me the next time I go out.

[BobTheSubgenius]

87. And she's married to the Turtle.

Go figure.

[Dave says]

88. Incredible, the tone deafness of the oligarchy

[C Moon]

89. Patriotism? Do you even know what the word means?

Go straight to HELL and don't pass Go.

[helpisontheway]

92. Well, get your @ss out there and work Elaine Chao..nt

[Baitball Blogger]

93. Sounds like a private sector problem. And a solution that no one with capitalist

savvy is going to take seriously. What a conundrum, eh Chao?

[Retrograde]

94. OK, Elaine - what low paying job are you taking?

In-n-Out Burger near me is even paying $18/hour. Agribusiness in the Central Valley is always looking for people to pick lettuce, but AFAIK it's piecework so you'll have to pick fast to make enough to get by on.

[Retrograde]

95. Why do I have the horrible notion that if the GOP regains control

again they'll use their power to "draft" people to work for GOP donors who are having a hard time finding people to work for the lack of wages and benefits they want to pay?

[HAB911]

97. I would ask her if

She is now, or has ever been, a member of the patriotic Chinese Communist Party.

Just asking a question.

[GoCubsGo]

98. She's taking a page from the Chinese Communist Party, I see.

[JHB]

100. Ok, Elaine. Since it's your patriotic duty, stop talking and do some labor.

Warehouse work? Meat packing? Picking crops and fruits? Waiting tables?

All at the low pay and poor conditions you deem appropriate. After all, PATRIOTISM!

[hatrack]

101. KFC's hiring, dear heart - you might have what it takes to become an assistant manager!

https://www.kfc.com/careers?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5-eEyrCL9AIV8m1vBB31iAQAEAAYASAAEgIwEvD_BwE

[Hotler]

102. she's a dick just like her old man. Patriotism Elaine, would have been you and the turtle

standing up to the orange one instead of tossing his salad. Social media needs to be all over this woman.

[drmeow]

103. Like her husband

The world would be a better place if she vanished from the public sphere entirely. I don't care how or why (prison, death, loss of oral and written functionality do to stroke, anything) I just wish both of them shut up and disappear permanently.