Need opinions on a summer project.

[The Radium King]

p-lap - how do you support an economy where everyone wants stuff but doesn't want to work for it? protectionism (keep your hands off my stuff)? expansion (or imperialism - go and take someone else's stuff)? either approach ends in conflict. so don't fret, it'll come full circle. and all you'll have to do is change the 'wwii' in your post to 'wwiii'.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

p-lap - how do you support an economy where everyone wants stuff but doesn't want to work for it? protectionism (keep your hands off my stuff)? expansion (or imperialism - go and take someone else's stuff)? either approach ends in conflict. so don't fret, it'll come full circle. and all you'll have to do is change the 'wwii' in your post to 'wwiii'.

Well I didn't say that. And I certainly didn't intend for it to be blanket statement.
The U.S. still has one of the highest worker participation rates in the world. Amongst G20 states, we're at 8 hours per day (or 1700 hours per year) -- still in the top 10 for most hours worked in a day (Mexico is #1 with a 10 hour day).

My point was more about expectations. People are still working hard, they just expect to be given more for it.