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" Here&amp;#039;s a White House petition to endorse with a full gullet: to make the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday. We need those 100,000 signatures for the good of America. If you need convincing, here&amp;#039;s our comprehensive list of reasons: The Unity. Between man and wife, between North and South, and not so much right now but still enough between San Francisco and Baltimore. In these partisan times, we need something to share. Let that common bond be football and a day off. The Labor Force. About three-percent of workers don&amp;#039;t show up the day after the Super Bowl anyway, and about three times as many come in late. Nothing poisons an office like a few people getting looked and harumphed at as if they&amp;#039;re lazy bastards. It&amp;#039;s a lost day. The Work Holiday Calendar. Politics aside, Columbus Day needs to go. The fall is littered with federal holidays. There&amp;#039;s Labor Day in September, and then everyone doubles-up in November with Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Some might argue to nix Washington&amp;#039;s Birthday (Feb. 18), but then it&amp;#039;s time to bring the politics back. The Need for More Paid Leave. Okay, fine, if possible, let&amp;#039;s keep Columbus Day, but let&amp;#039;s do it because America needs more time off. The U.S. mandates less paid leave than any other competitive industrial country, coming in at a total of zero days, aside from yes, sick, parental, and all that. Everyone deserves another day\u2014especially low-wage workers, who have less of a chance of getting any days at all than high-wagers. The Reading. Because there&amp;#039;s a lot to catch up on. The Children. On the east coast, the game doesn&amp;#039;t finish till around 10, past the bedtime of the younger ones and too late to get that homework done for the teens. And regardless: How can we play hooky with a pure conscience if they can&amp;#039;t? The American Family. With that said, it&amp;#039;ll allow everyone some extra time with their kids. And to use Jack Harbaugh as inspiration. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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