What a stupendously bad idea!
Nov. 18th, 2020 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marjaerwinSo apparently an economist with Deutsche Bank has noted that people tend to save money by working from home-- and has proposed to tax those who exceed a certain income and choose to work from home.
Now how do they save money?
Mainly because they’re not using as much gasoline, electricity, etc. They’re not using the roads, creating congestion for other people on the roads. They’re not using the rail lines, if available. They’re not causing as much environmental, infrastructural, and just plain hassle damage.
Of course some people can’t work from home.
But because of the above, when poosible, it should be made more possible, not less.
At higher incomes, you’re not going to have many disabled people, but if extended to lower incomes, that’s yet another crip tax on those disabled people who can’t drive, can’t bike, and can’t use inaccessible bus systems. Or can’t work in inaccessible worksites.
And it’s a time tax while people commute.
What next? Tax people who save money by not having cars? by not rolling coal?
Now how do they save money?
Mainly because they’re not using as much gasoline, electricity, etc. They’re not using the roads, creating congestion for other people on the roads. They’re not using the rail lines, if available. They’re not causing as much environmental, infrastructural, and just plain hassle damage.
Of course some people can’t work from home.
But because of the above, when poosible, it should be made more possible, not less.
At higher incomes, you’re not going to have many disabled people, but if extended to lower incomes, that’s yet another crip tax on those disabled people who can’t drive, can’t bike, and can’t use inaccessible bus systems. Or can’t work in inaccessible worksites.
And it’s a time tax while people commute.
What next? Tax people who save money by not having cars? by not rolling coal?
