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The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid

When Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia was asked about the Senate Republicans' newly released portion of the proposed spending bill that requires parents of children older than 14 to work for Medicaid, he said, "biblically, we are supposed to work."

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Luke 14:13-14

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Luke 3:11

In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”

[–] Laser@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago

"luckily, I have 50, so this doesn't apply to me."