Thread: Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours [W: 64]

Originally Posted by Absentglare

^ this, he was specifically referring to working longer hours. He explicitly stated it.

Which is strange because Germany works only 26 hours a week and has a powerhouse of an economy. Also it's strange because our economy is more productive than it's ever been, it's just that laborers have had compensation basically stagnate for 40 years. Also it's strange because many of those part time workers do want to work more, so it seems even more obvious that the problem is elsewhere.

I didn't deny that. I just pointed out that the longer hours was not over 40 as he himself clarified just hours latter when asked about it at his next campaign stop.

You can interpret it any way you want but Bush previously advocated that Americans workers should not be allowed to retire until they're 68-70 and that it's obvious that that's what he meant by working more hours.

Originally Posted by reinoe

You can interpret it any way you want but Bush previously advocated that Americans workers should not be allowed to retire until they're 68-70 and that it's obvious that that's what he meant by working more hours.

If your speaking to me with that reinoe, I agree that John Ellis wants to increase the retirement age. But his comments the other day were about weekly work hours. And your requiring me to defend him, something I'm not inclined to want to continue!