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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

How long does it take to change the habits of a society?

By —— Bio and Archives--April 20, 2020

This is the question in regard to forced lockdowns and shuttering businesses.  Experts quibble over the amount of time it takes for a new habit, good or bad, to be formed. Some say 21 days, some say 30 or 45 days and some say it takes three months to change an individual’s thinking.

The USA has been closed to business as usual for more than 30 days, which, according to what appears in the previous paragraph, is probably plenty of time to create the new habit of isolating oneself and the family but also of relying on government.

Having dropped by a gas station to fill up the other day, the manager expressed exhaustion and frustration with unexpected overtime. She loved her job but after the CARES Act passed, the unmotivated employees found excuse after excuse to keep them from work, swamping the few good employees to cover double shifts during the long hours of operation. Soon enough, the goldbrickers stayed home to wait on government subsidy, leaving the manager short-handed.

Job abandonment has become a virus of its own as irresponsible employees have dropped out of the workforce in exchange for one $1,200 check. Congress’ funding unemployment compensation with promised payments above what most workers take home has also led many to quit their jobs, wrongly assuming they’ll cash in. Evidently, they didn’t bother to investigate enough to know that unemployment is only available to workers that are laid-off or, in harsher terms, fired. Quitters won’t collect........To Read More....

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