Labor Day Work Schedules Set Up The Abdul El-Sayed Discussion
Working on Labor Day becomes the perfect opening for Abdul El-Sayed’s attack on what he calls the “cult of hard work.” We examine his appearance at the Islamic Society of North America convention in Detroit and push back on his argument that persistent poverty represents a societal failure rather than an individual one. Shawn defends people working long shifts, multiple jobs and holiday hours while arguing that self-sufficiency remains an important American principle. The discussion grows into government dependency, education, literacy, blue-collar advancement and whether spending more…
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