It warms my heart every voting cycle to hear the fables of the mythical American citizen over 18 years of age who works from 8am-8pm, 7 days a week for at least 3 weeks straight leading up to Election Day, yet who, despite his/her obvious drive, dedication, and 44 hours of continuous weekly overtime pay, has to yet to rise above minimum wage employment, buy a car, or even earn a lunch break, all the while eschewing their new-found work ethic to remain committed to supporting government-dole politics.
I would love to find the field where said 84-hour/week workers grow so that I can hire them to replace the cycle of hourly employees that I have been privileged to pay over the years, whose routine excuses for reasons not to arrive timely for 35-40 hr/week work include things such as hungover, sick pet bird, raging hemorrhoids, had to go grocery shopping, overdue car inspection, that time of the month, new iphone release, stuck in the line at Taco Bell, and burnt oatmeal smell in the house. Despite the hundreds of excuses for not showing up on time for hourly work, the one excuse I have never heard is "I need to go vote"; which, unlike the others, would not be cause for concern and actually encouraged and perhaps even compensated.
But I'm glad to hear that America is still full of Paul Bunyans who cannot find a single non-working hour over the course of 3 weeks while at the same time miraculously managing never to rise above their minimum wage situation. In a world where 90% of success is showing up, I commend them for their ability to consistently show up at twice the rate expected yet never find any success warranting even an hour's escape.
