I guess this is a hard concept for those on the left to grasp, since they love artificial wage increases which kill jobs, but worker productivity is how you naturally increase wages and higher productivity coupled with longer hours equals higher wages. It's simple economics.
Work for the sake or work is counter to both capitalism and quality of life. If there's stuff to do, pay people to do it. There isn't though. Who does JEB Bush think is going to pay these people to do 70 hours of busy work a week?