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> American voters are significantly more interested in job creation and other "Jobs" style political rhetoric. This is the case all over the world. Because nor
by lazyjones 6y ago
> American voters are significantly more interested in job creation and other "Jobs" style political rhetoric.
This is the case all over the world. Because normal people understand that you can't eat virtue signalling and moral posturing. Jobs feed families and pay taxes. They have intrinsic value and cannot be done away with easily, with vague scares and promises of bright, green new jobs, some day.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThen why don’t they support capping workweeks at 20 hours per week and increasing mandatory vacation for everyone. Less man hours of labor in market = more jobs.
- lazyjones 6y agoBecause most of these jobs will then move abroad, together with some people who actually enjoy working 40+ hours.
- maerF0x0 6y agoit would be more jobs, but probably fewer total hours. There are certain fixed costs per employee that means cutting a job into 2 jobs at 1/2 time is not an even trade. Especially when you consider communications costs (eg: an email sent to N people has N times the cost. If N40hrs is 1/2 N20hrs then ever communication costs half as much)