I agree Penstemmon. Some people are working a ridiculous number of hours while others are working no hours at all.
If work were to be shared more equally, parents would have more time with their children and less childcare costs. Everybody, including children, would be less stressed and people would have time to cook proper food and take more exercise.
The decrease in stress would mean adults and children would be less prone to physical and mental illness and I believe fewer relationships would break up. These and other factors would surely save a lot of money - in healthcare costs, in housing costs, in costs arising from anti-social behaviour, etc.
Many people will say it's not possible, but not that long ago people were commonly working 6 1/2 days a week and the country didn't fall apart when the concept of a 6 day week, and then a "weekend", was introduced.
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