Fox News is once again pining for the days when more work came with less pay, claiming that expanding overtime pay protections “undercuts work ethic.”

The knee-jerk reaction that amending existing policy to help workers is somehow harmful to the American work ethic is a common theme at the network, and has been brought up to undermine the minimum wage, disparage the Affordable Care Act, and demonize vital assistance programs.

Watch Fox hearken back to a bygone era when worker protections weren't impeding the American Dream: