WATCH: Teamster president calls GOP senator a ‘greedy CEO’ in hearing

The illusion that Maga politicians want to project is that they are the authentic voice of the working class against the woke elites; it is an illusion that conveniently obscures the real material and class interests in the Play the GOP room. The Republican Party remains reliably a party totally devoted to the bosses. We could see this whole narrative implode on itself in real time today in Washington, the Teamsters

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was testifying for the Senate health education labor and pensions committee and Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma, who used to own a plumbing company, tried to deal with this.

The union pipe fitters decided they were going to come after us, they would show up at my house, they would be leaning against my trucks. I'm not afraid of a physical confrontation, in fact, I sometimes look forward to it when that doesn't work. We started picketing our workplaces saying, "Shame on Mullen, shame on Mullen," why, because we were paying higher wages because we had better benefits and we weren't requiring them to pay your guys' exorbitant salaries, you talks about CEOs who are making all this money. And what do you gain, Mr. O'Brien? Well, I'm glad he asked that question.

Yes, I know what he earns because in 2019 his salary was, what is this 193,000? I'm sure he received some pay raises since then, yes, average. The UPS driver, the feeder driver, makes 35,000 a year and what do you bring that is inaccurate. Wait a second, that's inaccurate right there. State the facts that are accurate. The average UPS theater driver makes 35,000 if he doesn't know the data about it and maybe uses it. I know. them because I do business so I say I tell you one thing what do you bring for that salary what do I bring yes what do you do what job have you committed to or started uh uh what job have you created a job other than sucking a paycheck from someone else what do you mean you are trying to provide because you're making them pay dues no we don't send it to a universe don't tell me I'm out of line you frame the statement yeah because you don't know yeah I'm fine headline tough guy not interested , but don't sit there and tell me I'm out of line, Senator, you made a statement, you asked the question. you didn't ask a question you didn't you didn't answer the question you asked the question let me answer Israel you may think it's rhetorical he found it to me as a question let me answer the question I'm not giving him my time he so if you're going to let me keep my time, okay, you will have your time, let him, you ask him a question, he has no right to answer that, as far as my salary is concerned, my salary if you follow me, I walk.

In fact, look at this building, I bet you I work more hours than you, twice as many hours, that's impossible, but no, that's true, Mr. CEO

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, oh yes, it is. He wants to attack my salary. I'll attack them all, what's in it for me? What did you earn when you owned your company? Well, I made my company. I kept my salary low at about 50k a year because I invested every penny in her. Okay, okay, you mean you hid money, no. I didn't hide oh oh, wait a second, okay, coach, he said that line.

AR results, we're not even close to it, yes, you made fifty thousand, you hid money now, the former owner of the company, Markway Mullen, knows this perfectly well. Well, salary is not the full picture of CEO compensation. Here is an example. Jeff Bezos isn't that guy, is he? You know, his base salary has been reported to be just over 81k a year from 1998 until this decade, but he is, of course, one of, if not the best. The richest men on Earth, according to the Tulsa World newspaper, Mark Wayne Mullen is also doing quite well. Mullen saw his reported assets skyrocket from somewhere between $7.3 million and $29.9 million at the end of 2020. to a range that was an initial range between $31.6 million and $75.6 million at the end of 2021. the active Statement of a rigid worker