Mandate a four day Work Week

I agree with my opponent that mandating a four day work week would not influence the amount of hours worked however, it reduces the amount of energy used in a week. turning off the lights, the heat and the air conditioning on Fridays in 1,000 of 3,000 government buildings will save about $3 million a year out of a state budget of $11 billion, according to the governor's spokeswoman, Lisa Roskelley. my opponent made a point in which he states "The debate is about requiring a four-day week through legislation. " but we find our self in a situation where we simply cannot require this legislation to be acted upon and the only option we have left is to "Mandate" the resolution. 1. unlike what my opponent mentions, the federal government does have the right to mandate this resolution because it does not involve an individual states but involves the nation in general. As I might have mentioned earlier in my debate, it is the duty of the government to look into many conflicts on our society and to decipher the problem as well. This process is done by seeing if it is proportionate or improportionate, it is then let up to them to regard or disregard the conflict. stress as I mentioned earlier in my first debate is one of these problems; seeing as the person is paid the same amount of money as they would in a five day work week, there is no point in further endangering many lives. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself" as was portrayed by Article 25 of the UN Deceleration of Human rights. My opponent had asked an important question I which I quote "had Einstein been forced to take three day weekends? " The answer is no but seeing that we are in a different world were energy efficiency is a growing problem, the Mandation of a four day work week is the best solution. secondly I would like to explain to my opponent that the same Article (Article 23) of the UN Deceleration on Human Rights also states that "Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. ". not to mention that Article 24 states that "Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. " . http://www.un.org...... Meaning that the government can still pass this resolution as long as the citizen makes the same amount of money. This also covers the amount of produce manufactured each year would increase due to more hours thus creating more jobs and higher salaries for farmers. 3. my opponent mentions that "commercial fishing seasons are short and the fisherman must make most of their livelihood when the season is open. .. " this may be true For this work ethics but we must consider other work places such as the company responsible for buying these fishes. Also mandating a four day workweek will not affect the oil career due to their own personal calendar . http://www.groovygreen.com...; however it will reduce the amount of crude oil used by 10% per day . http://www.theoildrum.com.... Entrepreneurs are also able to accommodate to this new form because just like other social or independent workers, the amount of product they sell would double and the amount of energy they use per month would fall by 13%. And in conclusion, the amount of work product would more than double thus reducing the amount of energy use by 13% per states if we Mandate a four day work week.