It is always interesting to watch the massive social experiments going on in the U.K. That is because I don't live there and the fallout due to the "law of unintended consequences" unfolds right before your very eyes.
This week the Labour Party is seriously considering a document called "The Ecological Limits of Work" created by a think-tank called Autonomy. This document proposes a radical restructuring of the British economy. Brits could work for just 10 hours a week and take home up to 75 per cent less pay under a radical scheme to tackle climate change being discussed by Labour.
I would probably title the document "Incremental Unemployment". But that is just the view from the common man.
So what are the Brits going to do with the other 30 hours per week? Maybe a trip to the pub! But isn't beer carbonated? Oh I get it; the pubs will open for only a couple hours per day due to a government mandated labor shortage "the 10 hour workweek rule". Maybe a trip to the seashore? But their vehicles will emit carbon dioxide unless they are electric which are powered by major electrical power plants many of which rely on carbon fuels. Oh well they can always walk! Good exercise. Or will they sit at home watching the telly? I know! They will find a maze of underground jobs to make up the difference of the 75% reduction in pay. So instead of working one 40 hour per week job they will work 4 ten hour per week jobs. It is just that it will be hidden so the government will not know.
[These free flowing thoughts are not intended to criticize the fine folks on the other side of the pond. After all I am only the voice of the common man. It is not intended to offend. I just sit here and wonder WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?)
Source: Labour discusses plans to bring in a 10-hour week and slash pay by 75 per cent under a radical scheme to tackle climate change
10 Jun 2019, 9:05 am
