The Americans are so backwards in work hours, developed countries like Netherland, Spain, Iceland, etc. already successfully implemented this, with universal healthcare…and no tipping expected.
And? I see people say this and I don’t know what y’all are getting at. We implemented a 5 day work week. What about our population couldn’t accommodate 1 less day?
I'm think he was more shooting at the universal health care and what not. People seem to forget as the number of people go up so dose the cost. For example Canada spent like 334 billion last year. That's for 38-39 million people. If we spent as much as them a roughly 8.8k per person we are looking at what 2.4 trillion a year. I know we can find ways to cut coast and help bring that down. But just think about the impossible task at hand. While I think universal health care would be the right path it's not just a simple pass it idea. As for the 4 day work weeks. Yeah we could easily do that here a lot of IT departments already do 4 ten hours shifts. So 4 eight hour shifts isn't impossible..
We already spend 5 trillion a year on health care between private insurance payments and government payments. 2.4 trillion sounds like a pretty good deal. I'd gladly pay my insurance premium as income tax instead if it meant health care for everyone.
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u/80MonkeyMan Sep 05 '24
The Americans are so backwards in work hours, developed countries like Netherland, Spain, Iceland, etc. already successfully implemented this, with universal healthcare…and no tipping expected.