Overwork is a goldmine issue for liberals and the left here in the US.
Especially when it is inadequately compensated, or not backed by
vacation time that you can actually use, overwork has a negative effect
on people's daily life.
Moreover, the Republican Party and conservatives do not have a
The real news story here is France surpassing the USA in hourly
productivity. The overworked American is yesterday's papers. The NYTimes
buries what should be its lead in paragraph 13. The NAM spokesman spins a
slender good-news story out of a thick dark cloud for the American Way.
France
At 12:25 PM 09/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
The last argument of the champions of overwork is economic necessity. A
good reply is that by working less, people can get adequate rest. When
they go back to work they will be more alert, have more energy, and be
more productive.
on the other hand, if
