Yet we are concerned for the general welfare and work hard to improve this for ourselves as well as others. As we have mentioned elsewhere, they can be charming and diplomatic. The key is the goal, not the goal stated, which may be packaged to appeal to those to be duped, but the actual goal. A reduction in pollution laws, packaged as enabling employers to stay in business, is in fact a power play by those who resent any restrictions on their power. The unemployment rate has nothing to do with this, but is waved about as a reason.
Wives are familiar with the common husband excuse for late hours and avoidance of home chores.
The job requires this, and the wife should bear in mind who is slaving away to bring home the bacon.