McIntosh says the 32-hour-workweek proposal would harm workers

President of Club for Growth

Bernie’s idea will hurt the very workers he’s trying to help.

Source and context

Original video

Could AI make a 32-hour workweek possible? David McIntosh weighs in (opens in a new tab) - Fox Business02:55 full clip; September 9, 2026

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Primary video of Club for Growth president David McIntosh discussing Sanders’s proposal. The site supplies title, date, duration, and description but no text transcript; the related Fox Business report provides the attributed quotation.

Reporting

Bernie Sanders’ 32-hour workweek plan could make life more unaffordable, Club for Growth president warns (opens in a new tab) - Fox BusinessLines 15–18 and 31–34

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Fox Business reporting about its own McIntosh interview. It is a textual locator for his attributed forecast of job, benefit, and affordability harms; those forecast outcomes are not established facts.

Official statement

Club for Growth says McIntosh joined Varney & Co. to oppose Sanders’s call (opens in a new tab) - Club for GrowthLines 1–5

About this source

Club for Growth’s official post confirms that its president appeared on the Fox Business segment to oppose the proposal.

Before the quotation

In a Fox Business appearance and related coverage, McIntosh discusses the proposed 32-hour workweek alongside automation and broader economic concerns.

After the quotation

He predicts losses of jobs or benefits and greater unaffordability. Those projected consequences are his policy forecast, not findings established by the bill text.

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How this statement is classified

McIntosh explicitly criticizes the proposal and predicts harmful consequences.

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