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The Politics of Simple Living
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We need to replace the old politics of scarcity with a new politics of simple living, with policies such as:
• Work-Time Choice: Today, most people have no choice but to take full-time jobs, because most part-time jobs have lower hourly pay and no benefits. We need policies that make it possible to choose part-time work, so people have the option of working shorter hours, consuming less, and having more free time.
• Neighborhood Choice: Since World War II, federal freeway policies and local zoning laws have forced most American cities to be rebuilt as low-density sprawl where people cannot leave their houses without driving. We need to build walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods, so people have the option of reducing the huge economic burden of automobile dependency.
• Child-Care Choice: Today, we subsidize families who use day care, but we do nothing to help families who work shorter hours to care for their own children. We should give families with preschool children a tax credit that they could use to pay for day care or could use to work shorter hours and have more time to care for their own children.
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