Doesn't anybody in this country work for a living?

The IDF, on instructions from the government, has approved of a Homesh rally.

Homesh, if you do not recall, was a settlement in the Northern Shomron that was evacuated by the Olmert government.

I think it is great that the government allows these rallies, and great that there are people willing to rally.

But doesn't anybody work for a living? How do people find the time to take off from work every time someone decides he wants to make a rally in the middle of the day in the middle of the work week?
The number of rallies I would have loved to participate in but could not due to work obligations is numerous. How do other people do it? Is it only students? Aren't they in school? Do people just take vacation days all the time?

It is short, but it is from someone who was there..