Fort Lauderdale mayor criticizes lazy people

"I'm supposed to subsidize some schlock sitting on the sofa and drinking a beer, who won't work more than 40 hours a week?"

Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle

Oh, the problems we face because of all the lazy people who won't work more than forty hours a week. And their excuses! Raise their children, spend some time with their spouses and friends, protect their physical and mental health. Can you believe it?

Naugle is opposed to a proposed affordable housing law, which he says is a communist project. But no matter where you stand on the concept of affordable housing laws, attacking people who have opted to have a life rather than work a sixty-hour work week is perverse. A major problem in this country is the employer who belittles employees who do not work more than forty hours a week. The employees who work ten- and twelve-hour days keep healthcare providers busy. They tend to have insomnia, headaches, high cholesterol, hypertension, anxiety disorders, depression, and problems with substance abuse.