I can make tons of money working overtime. Should standard work week be raised to 60 hours?

If you want it, and you don't get too exhausted, you can try it and see how it goes

given your own personal situation go for as many hours you can work, but you will need hours to spend your earnings

no.

I read your post differently to the others.

The 40 hour work week is basic.

My States Union Employees have a 32 Hour Work Week.

When I worked in the Hotel Industry, we had a 48 hour week, Because we were considered "Servants" (aka "in service") by the state legislature.

Moving the Work week back to 60 hours would be throwing away the gains of the "Unions" for the past 60 years.

You wouldn't be making overtime if the standard work week was raised to 60 hours.

You can get a 2nd job and make the additional 20 hours but there would be no OT.

You can do it.

If you can make a lot of money working overtime, it seems that you'd want it to remain at 40. Of course most of the people who work 60 plus hour weeks are on salary, and don't get overtime.

Having worked through many crises, about 60 hours per week is all a body can do for period of a few months, if you want any kind of a life out of work. It it takes more than that, get some help.

Absolute you can

yes, but you wont ever have time to spend that money.