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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: February 05, 2014, 08:15:08 AM »

Given how Republicans have chosen to define themselves as the party of no taxation even with representation, I'd say that the time is right for Democrats to emphasize Good Schools, Good Roads, Good Infrastructure. etc.  I.e., those government services that clearly benefit all of society from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich, and which the party of user fees and tax rebates fails to deliver adequately.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2014, 11:59:16 AM »

+ 4 Day Workweek (32 hour workweek; we work too much, let's give everyone Friday off)

This one is really, really, silly. Now, I could possibly see going to a 35 hour (7 hours, 5days/week) or to a 36 hour (6 hours, 6 days/week) workweek but the idea of a 4 day workweek is idiotic.  An occasional three-day weekend is something to look forward to, but there are an awful lot of tasks in which you need one responsible person doing it most business days and there's not much call for businesses to be open only four days a week.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2014, 04:21:17 PM »

+ 4 Day Workweek (32 hour workweek; we work too much, let's give everyone Friday off)

This one is really, really, silly. Now, I could possibly see going to a 35 hour (7 hours, 5days/week) or to a 36 hour (6 hours, 6 days/week) workweek but the idea of a 4 day workweek is idiotic.  An occasional three-day weekend is something to look forward to, but there are an awful lot of tasks in which you need one responsible person doing it most business days and there's not much call for businesses to be open only four days a week.

Actually, I think the 32 hour workweek is one proposal of TNF's here that I do support- we live in the future.  We have robots.  We don't need everyone to be slaving away all the time anymore to support a productive economy.

Just to be clear, my disdain for the idea was not over the reduction in hours for a full-time job, but the idea that a four day work week would be a good thing.
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