Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to establish a standard four-day workweek in the United States without any reduction in pay. The bill, over a four-year period, would lowe…
It won’t pass now (most Dems would vote it down, to say nothing of the Republicans), but it’ll gradually shift the Overton window. As the idea of shorter working hours appears in more places, people will be more inclined to entertain it rather than immediately rejecting it.
It’s depressing, he’s very good at unveiling bills that the general public will support, but will never pass. One day the government will work for us
It won’t pass now (most Dems would vote it down, to say nothing of the Republicans), but it’ll gradually shift the Overton window. As the idea of shorter working hours appears in more places, people will be more inclined to entertain it rather than immediately rejecting it.
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Is that why Americans don’t have vacation and sick days?
What’s more depressing is half the public won’t support it because of who presented it.
It will not. Governments do not exist to serve the people. They exist to control the people. The good news is that government is not necessary.