I typically like Rowe, but on this point...I feel our society values work too much.
People often sacrifice their health to maintain a living and work consumes them as they try to just survive.
Tack on our societal attitude that if you're not spending your day at work, you're a lazy sack of shit, even if it might be a day off after 3 weeks straight of shifts.
Yeah, that's an American thing for sure. If we had more efficient use of our tax money, we could probably adopt the 32-36 hour work week. That'd be sweet. Our healthcare system is just bad. We got the best of the best...but it'll bankrupt anyone that's not earning the best of the best.
Also looking at some universal base income stuff, while I dont like it initially, does seem to have its benefits. The last thing I heard was even though you'll be paying more at the start, you'll end up paying less for other services that in the end will make everyone keep more money. That's only been on a small scale though
Definitely an American problem. Other countries are trying to look out for the base line workers (albeit not always perfectly), but us? We can't even be convinced to give a damn. ---
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