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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:50 AM Oct 2021

America's Children Demand That Joe Manchin's Salary Be Tied to Work Requirement

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Declaring “no more government handouts,” millions of America’s children are demanding that all future salary payments to Senator Joe Manchin be tied to a work requirement.

Tracy Klugian, who is nine years old, said that Manchin’s current arrangement, in which he is paid for no work whatsoever, amounts to “an obscene ripoff of the American taxpayer.”

“Our message to Senator Manchin is clear,” she said. “Your years of feeding at the socialist trough are over.”

But Jake Pearlgon, who is eleven, believes that a work requirement for Manchin might be the wrong approach. “Actually, it would be better if he worked less,” he said.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americas-children-demand-that-joe-manchins-salary-be-tied-to-work-requirement



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America's Children Demand That Joe Manchin's Salary Be Tied to Work Requirement (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 OP
Andy Borowitz, hee hee 😝 Ziggysmom Oct 2021 #1
Good one. betsuni Oct 2021 #2
Ok, that got a chuckle... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #3
Send a copy to Manchin. wnylib Oct 2021 #4
Always love Borowitz. brer cat Oct 2021 #5
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