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Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by baron816 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:08PM (#27571404)
> my local tax system strongly disincentivizes this by effectively having a 62% marginal tax rate

So high tax rates can be an incentive to work less...

Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by hnra on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:19PM (#27571509)
You just have to make enough money so you can escape it. All tax systems are regressive if you are rich enough.
Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by missedthecue on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:20PM (#27573544)
But even then, taking home 65 cents on the dollar vs 38 cents on the dollar (or euro) are very different things.
Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by wolfram74 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:26PM (#27571558)
Actually, since it's discouraging him from working 20% over a 5 year block instead of 80%, this is an incentive to work /more/ :p