I’ve been trying to figure out their logic on this for a few months …. the best I could come up with screams that it’s a bad idea:
1) work less hours
2) get paid less money – because you’re working less hours
3) have less to spend – because you have less money
4) less to tax – because you have less money
5) businesses can’t stay open, because their client base won’t spend – because they have less money.
Not So Fast 
I’ve been trying to figure out their logic on this for a few months …. the best I could come up with screams that it’s a bad idea:
1) work less hours
2) get paid less money – because you’re working less hours
3) have less to spend – because you have less money
4) less to tax – because you have less money
5) businesses can’t stay open, because their client base won’t spend – because they have less money.
When, exactly, did that make sense to them?
Maybe it sounds better in French?
The French language does have a way of making things sound beautiful ….
35 hours a week is NOT “part time.”