Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees

Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by beezlebroxxxxxx on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:41PM (#42342748)

It's not really a problem you can pick around at the edges. You have to take some big swings to try to resolve it. Politicians, businesses, and the entire voting public, need to take a hard look at the real things they can do that will have an actual effect. 4-day workweek is a big one.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by dennis_jeeves2 on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:29PM (#42343342)

>entire voting public,

Won't happen explicitly, The masses are short sighted. Might happen implicitly through a series of co-incidental events but never by design.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by colechristensen on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:52PM (#42344304)

Second item: housing needs to be a bad investment. Both for individuals and corporate.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by lotsofpulp on Saturday December 07, 2024 @07:49AM (#42349445)

Land (and rent seeking) need to be a bad investment. Building housing (and building anything in general, whether it be housing, businesses, families, etc) should be a good investment.

Right now, with earned income tax, we do the exact opposite. We punish the people that do things, and reward the rent seekers with tax breaks (1031 exchange/low land value tax rates/senior citizen discounts/etc). The proof is in the pudding, everyone wants to become a rent seeker, and this is what society will look like if that is the case.

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