Submitted by Luke Lea (not verified) on March 18, 2009 - 2:37pm.
For working families, how about a program to build New Towns in the Country in which people are employed half-time (18-to-24 hours a week) and in their free time take part in the construction of their own houses, cultivate gardens, cook and eat at home, care for their own children (and grandchildren) and pursue other leisure-time activities.
A Gallup poll found that half the American people would like top live this way. Employers might like it because workers can work faster and more efficiently for shorter periods of time than for longer, just as in track and field the short-distance runners always run faster than the long-distance runners.
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For working families, how about a program to build New Towns in the Country in which people are employed half-time (18-to-24 hours a week) and in their free time take part in the construction of their own houses, cultivate gardens, cook and eat at home, care for their own children (and grandchildren) and pursue other leisure-time activities.
A Gallup poll found that half the American people would like top live this way. Employers might like it because workers can work faster and more efficiently for shorter periods of time than for longer, just as in track and field the short-distance runners always run faster than the long-distance runners.