It's peak irony that a socialist who has never run a business, never held a real job, and was so lazy he was kicked out of a commune thinks he knows what's best for all of us. But that's Bernie Sanders in a nutshell. He's always wrong, but never in doubt. And he's just introduced legislation that would take more money out of your pocket by reducing your work hours.
Sanders just introduced a bill that would mandate a 32-hour work week and order employers to pay overtime for any additional hours worked.
Sanders introduces bill to make workweek 32 hours https://t.co/Fy1kdrNB6u
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) September 13, 2026
There are so many questions here. What happens to hourly pay? If you're working eight fewer hours a week, your pay will be eight hours shorter, right?
Bernie Sanders has introduced a new bill that would reduce the standard US work week to 32 hours instead of 40.
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) September 13, 2026
If it gets fully implemented, anyone working past the 32 hour mark would get mandatory overtime pay. pic.twitter.com/Rc5alKsZvU
Congressman Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reintroduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act this week to make the workweek 32 hours.
The bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to "reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for nonexempt employees," a news release about the bill said.
"Covered employees would be eligible to receive overtime compensation for any hours worked beyond 32 hours in a standard workweek," the release also said.
The bill, the "Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act" would apply to nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While it does not ban 40-hour workweeks, it does punish employers who expect their employees to show up.
Most salaried employees would be exempt.
The bill would phase in the 32-hour work week, first implementing overtime after 38 hours, then after 36, then after 34. The overtime penalty would take full effect on the 32-hour week in the fourth year.
The bill says employers cannot reduce compensation or other benefits. Of course, employers always respond to minimum wage hikes by reducing hours and laying off staff. Under this bill, they could reclassify all employees as exempt staff or shift employees to 1099/independent contractor status.
Employers could also shrink bonuses, commissions, shift differentials, profit-sharing, or overtime access. They could take one full-time job and turn it into two part-time jobs, or automate and outsource work.
In short, this will make things worse for employers. But that's what Democrats do best.
Has Bernie Sanders ever worked 32 hours in one week?
— Queen Velvet (@TMIWITW) September 14, 2026
He has not.
This is how to get everyone to lose their benefits. The employers will make everyone part time.
— Frankly Frank (@NoFrankingWay) September 13, 2026
You’ll have two jobs and own nothing and like it’s
Then they'll say we definitely need "Medicare for All" and all the government "free" stuff.
Nothing stopping any company run by socialists or communists from doing this.
— John Hyde (@The_DrJ3ckyll) September 14, 2026
Come on Dems. Show us how it’s done.
There's a reason they don't do this.
The destruction of everything is the point.
This would cripple the economy. https://t.co/y88N9BLtsk
— Miles Commodore (@miles_commodore) September 13, 2026
Socialists like Sanders see that as a feature, not a bug, of the plan.
They did this in Greece and the country imploded and went bankrupt like 5 times https://t.co/GSlwA7LLfC
— DAKKADAKKA (@DAKKADAKKA1) September 13, 2026
This writer went to Greece in 2025, and the nation struggles economically. People find it hard to make ends meet and it's all because of policies like this.
And companies are just going to cap everyone at 31 hours to avoid paying full-time benefits and overtime. You aren't getting 3 days off, you're getting a second job. https://t.co/TciMoB7f6L
— Bill (@BillWiIdin) September 13, 2026
Bingo. You'll have no weekends or time off because you'll be working to make ends meet.
Sanders and Takano aren't stupid. They know exactly what the consequences of this bill would be, and they don't care because that's the outcome they want. Then they can tell us that capitalism failed, and we need to go full-blown communist.
Editor's Note: The Democrat Party has been infected by socialism, and it's spreading FAST. Democrats are claiming there's nothing to worry about, but we know the truth.
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