Spain has a 32 hour work week. We can do better.
One of the many strange things “practiced” during the pandemic was not working. The government ordered people not to. Businesses were closed - not by their owners. Many never opened again. Workers were arbitrarily declared to be “non-essential” by government bureaucrats and politicians, who considered themselves very essential.
The problem, though, was that people who weren’t working, weren’t earning. This meant they weren’t paying - rent, mortgage, etc. Solution for the future?
Pay people not to work.
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