What’s With the Left’s Attempt to Abolish Work?

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of the so-called Great Resignation, the far left is calling for the abolishment of all work. Leftist politicians and activists call for the government to step in and create a massive welfare state to eliminate the need for Americans to work at all.

Robert Rector, The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow for domestic policy studies, joins the podcast to explain that work is crucial for a functioning and flourishing society. The left’s proposals to replace work with government handouts, Rector says, can have only bad consequences.

“We’re now violating that contract when you [eliminate work],” Rector says. “Those who choose to work [will] have a double obligation to support themselves and their families and the families of those who choose not to work. Society will fall apart under that, and there’s no way of stopping it.”

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Thursday, January 20th.
0:10.3	I'm Mary Margaret Olehann.
0:11.8	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:13.3	In the midst of the great resignation, the left is calling for the abolishment of all
0:18.1	work.
0:19.1	Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow for Domestic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation,
0:23.5	explains to us that work is crucial for a functioning and flourishing society, and that
0:28.0	the less proposals to replace work with government handouts can only result in bad consequences.
0:34.3	But before we get to Doug's conversation with Robert Rector, let's hit our top stories
0:38.3	of the day.
0:41.9	Nearing the end of his first year in office, President Biden gave a press conference
0:55.2	on Wednesday, his first, since he spoke at the COP26 climate summit back in November.
1:00.8	Biden discussed a number of issues during the press conference, including COVID-19, the
1:05.0	economy and labor market, and foreign affairs.
1:08.1	Here's Biden on COVID via the RNC on Twitter.
1:10.9	I know there's a lot of frustration and fatigue in this country, and we know why COVID-19
1:18.5	has now been challenging us in a way that it's the new enemy.
1:26.2	Biden also discussed the massive inflation affecting the country, claiming that most Americans
1:30.7	got a raise, even as prices for everyday goods continue to climb via town hall.
1:35.9	And for the first time in a long time, this country's working people actually got a raise,
1:42.0	actually got a raise.
1:43.3	People at the bottom, 40%, saw their income go up.
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