Americans really do need more hours of work

The following July 12 editorial from the Orange County Register may or may not reflect the views of the Cheney Free Press editorial board.

Jeb Bush tripped over his tongue this past week when he posited that, to grow the U.S. economy, “people should work longer hours.” The remark by the Republican presidential candidate was misconstrued in some quarters as suggesting that American workers are somehow lazy.

Indeed, that’s how the Democratic National Committee’s rapid response team chose to play it: “So does Jeb’s whole 4 percent econ plan rest on his Americans working ‘longer hours’ solution?”...