Mike Johnson said Roe v. Wade is why the US can't afford Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

[highplainsdem]

Ranting about the "economic implications" of that decision:

Link to tweet

[TSExile]

1. Say WHAT???

What a creep.

[Aristus]

2. They DO stay on-message, don't they?

No matter how ludicrous the message...

[LakeVermilion]

3. Why is he worried about Social Security and Medicare?

Those aren't paid for with tax money.

He should stay in his own lane.

[Attilatheblond]

10. He is working for the very rich, who are probably sensing a lifting of the income cap on SS payments

Also, the $ congress 'borrowed' from the Social Security fund shortly after Reagan RAISED our payments into the system AND decided our payments out of the fund after retirement would be taxable is getting some notice from voters in some circles. The rich do NOT want to have to cough up money to put the money back by way of putting the tax rates back up to where they might pay the same rate as school teachers.

And when GOP boot-lickers complain about the deficit, they NEVER bring up all the tax breaks and cuts the richest got just in the Trump years. But they ALWAYS bring up Social Security, which is NOT funded by general taxes.

Then there is the facet of his 'worry' that corporations are going to run low on desperate workers if the birth rate falls more. GOP pols work for the people who hold down incomes, abuse and exploit workers and want to make sure people are hungry enough to put up with more abuse and exploitation. By the way, this is also happening in Europe. Working people are wising up and families are smaller because we can't afford large ones and women deserve power over their own reproductive lives.

[Cha]

4. FU MF brain dead Johnson.

[Lovie777]

5. I have a strong dislike for the GQPs....................................

how dumb is Johnson?

[Walleye]

6. There are thousands of able-bodied workers, ready to get started as soon as we give them a green card

Oh but I guess he needs a lily white able bodied workers. Sorry, Mr. Speaker, white babies won’t do these jobs

[Talitha]

23. Excellent!!!!!

[byronius]

7. "Idjit" is the correct jurisprudal term for Lunatic Mike, I believe.

And though jurisprudality is not yet beyond a personally accepted concept, I just couldn't hit on the write adjective. Apologies.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Dope

Unemployment is 3.7%. Exactly what would those extra able bodied people be doing?
They'd be driving down wages with more people looking for the same number of jobs. which would make the revenue to SS & Medicare toward neutral. 5% of 90,000 is $4,500. If the wages failed just to $85k, SS get $4,250.
We now need 18 jobs for every 17 that exists now. Nearly a 5.9% increase in jobs, with excess capacity still at 10-15%.
The math doesn't work.
More people doesn't necessarily mean more revenue. In fact, it is likely it causes a cut.
Not that Johnson would understand the numbers.

[Freethinker65]

15. Yep. Those part time female service workers quitting to be breeders is not what the wealthy GOP business owners want

[enid602]

9. Immigrants

If the republicans were willing to give immigrants a path to naturalization, they’d accomplish the same thing.

[Calculating]

12. That leads to the USA no longer being a majority white nation at some point

Which is what this is really about. If we just want more warm bodies we have an endless supply who want in.

[MOMFUDSKI]

13. They just don't use the word "slavery" here.

Cute

[ALBliberal]

14. Apologies in advance but is this a current video?

I can’t research at the moment.

In any event appalling.

[highplainsdem]

19. They didn't include the date, so I did some googling, and it's from May 2022:

Part of that longer clip below, tweeted last October by the House Judiciary Dems. I'd missed it then:

Link to tweet

[Midnight Writer]

16. In that case, since Roe has been repealed, then there is no need for cuts, right?

[Irish_Dem]

17. Forced birth to provide cheap labor so the billionaires can get richer.

[republianmushroom]

18. Mike Johnson lies just like trump.

[Rebl2]

24. Well I

do believe he helped with the insurrection didn’t he? So yes, he is just like trump.

[Initech]

31. Excessive lying isn't just a bug of the MAGA Q GOP, it's a feature.

They lie constantly, then they go on a thousand talk show appearances to convince people that their lies are the truth. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[NickB79]

20. We need more brood mares!

[Emile]

21. Chronic Liars have no shame.

[moondust]

22. Predators want more prey.

Helps keep wages down.

And more customers help keep demand and prices up.

[Talitha]

25. Hey Mike, you've only got 4 kids.

Practice what you preach. If your wife's past child-bearing age, dump her and get yourself a nice young thing that'll keep 'em comin' one after another. Get a move-on kiddo, time's a wastin' !!!!!

[ThoughtCriminal]

26. Decades of The GOP's war on wage earners

The massive redistribution of wealth from workers to Billionaires - whose income is mostly exempt from SS Taxes, insured that there would be a shortfall.

Keeping wages low has always been a priority for the Republicans.

[Johonny]

27. Are there any not totally fing creepy GOPers

Holy crap, this guy creeps me out.

[mahina]

29. EXACTLY

[mahina]

28. They would make us broken peasants. NO

How about NO Mikey?

I would have been a mother at 13 and did not consent. FU mikey.

[LuckyLib]

30. Stop. Just stop. We are sick and tired of lunatic Republicans.