JFK captures the absurdity of arguing that the solution to poverty is asking people to work even harder: This argument that the Government should stay out, that it saps our pioneer stock...Up the corridor came four distinguished-looking men, with straw hats on and canes that had just flown in from a State in their private plane...They wanted me to know that if we passed a bill providing for time and a half for service station attendants, who were then working about 55 to 60 hours of straight time, it would sap their self-reliance. The fact of the matter is what saps anyones self-reliance is working 60 hours at straight time, or working at 85 or 95 at a dollar an hour. Or depending upon filling out a paupers oath and then going and getting it free.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:53:41 +0000
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