Is it worth considering why in our society civic volunteer service and civic education are often by necessity relegated to compete for evening and weekend hours? The preamble to the Constitution references the goals of forming a more perfect Union and promoting the general Welfare. Does a five-day, 40-hour paid work week promote the general Welfare better than a six- or four-day work week? Would progress toward forming a more perfect union be better served by encouraging a four-day, 36-hour paid work week with a seven-hour civic volunteer and one hour civic education day, for example? If volunteer service and civic education were recognized as commitments in the work week would the electorate come to view polarizing discourse as a sign of a politician's ignorance or knowledge?
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