Postcards: Socialists are Funny (And the Week Ahead)
Don't... Don't read this and take Bernie Sanders' new idea seriously... or you might bleed from the nose and bang your head on the dishwasher...
“It's a shame when morning hurts
I've seen bad, and I've seen worse
It's the nature of my bein'
I took some money from your purse.”
Ween, Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain
Dear Fellow Expat:
It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend in Baltimore.
So… productivity will collapse into dust. I’m heading to my family’s Irish Pub in about an hour.
It’s been open for 25 years.
That’s amazing…
With that plan in effect, I wanted to show you a sentence written by a real reporter on Friday. CNBC’s Jennifer Liu:
The four-day workweek is gaining momentum in Congress: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation Wednesday that would reduce the standard workweek to 32 hours without a pay cut.
I work about 80 hours a week.
I don’t know what the hell this is.
Scott asked me how this helps people. The answer is simple. The hourly pay increases nominally, and then the socialists take credit.
It doesn’t change the fact that it’ll lead to higher unemployment or more automation.
It’s important that this dinosaur fe…
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