Work Less Party
It seems that B.C. has a political party that probably has In Praise Of Idleness as part of their required reading.
I wonder why they haven’t taken off–it seems like a pretty big no-brainer for most people to be in favour of a shorter work week, doesn’t it?
Policy - Work Less Party
Unemployment today is now double what it was 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, one breadwinner working 40 hours per week could support a family and save money; today’s typical family has two breadwinners working a total of 90 or more hours each week, and saves almost nothing.This doubling of the family employment load is particularly vexing when you consider that today’s worker produces twice as much per hour as their 1950s counterpart. What kind of prosperity is this, when our reward for producing twice as much per hour is that we have to work LONGER?
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June 11th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Uh, because it’s hard for them to justify working for their party?
This is part of my problem. One of these days, I’m going to get around to founding the Procrastination Party.
Okay, also, the name sucks. Not that I have a better one in mind; the nickname should be the Slacker Party, but the real name should be plausible. I fear the Leisure Party was done in by leisure suits, which may have been a calculated assault on the concept of leisure.
June 11th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
I suspect that the “Stop Defining Yourself By Your Job, Get A Fucking Life, And Spend Time With Your Family Party” didn’t fit on the banners.