Bernie: ''Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay is not radical"

[MichMan]

68. Sen. Sanders must think business owners are pretty stupid

If I owned a business (which by the way, I never have) why would I ever pay an employee 40 hours of wages for 32 hours of work, when I could just reduce their hours to 30 max. per week and just pay them for the 30 hours instead. Those additional 2 hours would actually cost 10 hours in wages, so no one in their right mind is going to do that.

Of course, my employee who needed their 40 hour paycheck to pay their rent and grocery bill, now has to go out and find another part time job.

What would consumer's reactions be when people you hire like auto mechanics, plumbers, electricians, landscapers etc. tell you that your 3 hour charge to fix your plumbing is now being billed at 4 hours, just because.