Work Hours
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I–VT) Bernie Sanders claims that his new bill to mandate “a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea.”
IN FACT, Sanders’ call for a 32-hour workweek adds to his list of agenda items that parrot the Constitution of the Soviet Union, a nation wracked by poverty. U.S. residents ages 15+ already spend an average of 36% more time on leisure & sports than on work & education.
The Soviet Constitution declared a “right” to:
- “the reduction of the working day to seven hours”
- “annual vacations with full pay”
- “medical” care
- “maintenance in old age”
- “education”
Sanders declares that the following are or should be “rights”:
- “paid family and medical leave, paid sick leave and paid vacation”
- “healthcare”
- “a secure retirement”
- “a good, public education for all — from childcare and pre-kindergarten through college”
- “paid maternity leave”
