Face it. Since the pandemic a lot of us want more time. Time with partners, loved ones, and friends. Time with children and furry children. With aging parents. More time for learning, reading, discovering, and traveling.
In the United States, we're only #1 when it comes to defense spending, incarceration, gun ownership, religious zealots, and believing the lie of the American Dream.
In much of the (first) world, such as most of Europe, pay may remain an issue for most but at least their labor parties fought for decades to gift their constituents the benefit of time.
What if a US presidential candidate (and Congressional candidates) had the guts to run on the issue of giving Americans more time?
Such as…
Across the board, universal…
30 fully paid vacation days per year.
15 fully paid sick days per year.
90 days fully paid maternity and paternity leave.
Why can't Americans have more of what the rest of the world has? Studies have shown that a workforce that is not burned out is a more productive one. I hypothesize that the “work from home” push would be less severe if Americans had more paid vacation.
So would you support candidates running on a “more time” platform?