Blast from the Past VI - Vote for ME!!!
The follow-up to the last post.
So, just to prove that I'm not just one of those whingers who complains about how the Government does things, but doesn't offer any useful alternatives - here's my platform for when I run for parliament (about the time that Mephistopheles starts skiing to work).
The four day working week.
Sounds good doesn't it. Labour will like it, it'll appeal to the 'common man'. National should be OK with it, it'll reduce unemployment and increase spending.
Here's how it works: Change the PAYE rules ever so slightly so that people working four days a week (32 hours) are taxed at a lower rate than those working five days per week. I'm no mathematician, but it should be easy enough to organize it so that people working four days on the lower tax rate have a take home pay only slightly less than those on the higher, five day rate on the same hourly payrate.
This way the employer is still paying the same hourly rate for the work done. For every four people who changes to a four day week they can hire one new person, that way the same amount of work gets done. Five people working 32 hours adds up to the same number of hours as four people working 40 hours.
So, for every four people switching to the four day week, that's one new job created - at very little expense to the employer. That's one less person on the dole.
The Government's PAYE tax take drops slightly. But this is more than made up for by the people who aren't needing the dole any more. Plus the workforce has an extra leisure day every week, thus more time to spend money, increasing the amount the Government gets from GST.
The days of Saturday and Sunday being the weekend will be over. People's weekends will be the days they aren't working - things have been heading this way for a while. It means that people will have all facilities open on their days off - not the limited services currently available on weekends. Nightlife will be a seven day a week thing, as peoples' weekends are spread over the entire week, this evens out the loads on the pubs and restaurants and cuts down the Friday night queues for the punters.
Everyone's a winner. Who wouldn't vote for me?
So, just to prove that I'm not just one of those whingers who complains about how the Government does things, but doesn't offer any useful alternatives - here's my platform for when I run for parliament (about the time that Mephistopheles starts skiing to work).
The four day working week.
Sounds good doesn't it. Labour will like it, it'll appeal to the 'common man'. National should be OK with it, it'll reduce unemployment and increase spending.
Here's how it works: Change the PAYE rules ever so slightly so that people working four days a week (32 hours) are taxed at a lower rate than those working five days per week. I'm no mathematician, but it should be easy enough to organize it so that people working four days on the lower tax rate have a take home pay only slightly less than those on the higher, five day rate on the same hourly payrate.
This way the employer is still paying the same hourly rate for the work done. For every four people who changes to a four day week they can hire one new person, that way the same amount of work gets done. Five people working 32 hours adds up to the same number of hours as four people working 40 hours.
So, for every four people switching to the four day week, that's one new job created - at very little expense to the employer. That's one less person on the dole.
The Government's PAYE tax take drops slightly. But this is more than made up for by the people who aren't needing the dole any more. Plus the workforce has an extra leisure day every week, thus more time to spend money, increasing the amount the Government gets from GST.
The days of Saturday and Sunday being the weekend will be over. People's weekends will be the days they aren't working - things have been heading this way for a while. It means that people will have all facilities open on their days off - not the limited services currently available on weekends. Nightlife will be a seven day a week thing, as peoples' weekends are spread over the entire week, this evens out the loads on the pubs and restaurants and cuts down the Friday night queues for the punters.
Everyone's a winner. Who wouldn't vote for me?
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