Working themselves into an early grave
by digby
Here are some statistics on the lazy American worker who could get rich if she only worked as hard as Mitt Romney:
American workers are putting in more and more hours each week, as the supposedly 40-hour workweek has stretched to 47 hours. At the same time, they’re getting very little paid time off of work to recharge:
As you can see, it’s going the wrong way. That’s the beauty of keeping unemployment high. Makes the workers nice and docile when you take away pay and benefits.
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