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美人稅?
The ugly truth: beautiful people must pay more tax as they earn more
Australian academics Andrew Leigh and Jeff Borland released research earlier this week confirming what we all secretly suspected: better-looking Australians get hired first, earn more, and marry richer spouses.
Holding age, education, and origin fixed, the hourly wages of attractive people are about 20 per cent higher than appearance-challenged colleagues, reflecting similar conclusions in umpteen overseas studies.
The effect is especially pronounced for men: those with above average looks enjoy household incomes 15 per cent above the average, while more "minging" chaps, as young Brits would say, earn 24 per cent below, a whopping gulf of about $30,000 a year, based on average Australian incomes, wholly owing to nature's arbitrary favour.
The authors said: "The strongest evidence is for females, where there is a premium in spousal income from being rated as 'above average'." And plain women were 13 percentage points less likely to be married, too.
Looks ratings were assigned by door-knocking interviewers conducting the survey. As the authors suggest, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but only at the margin. That is, if your mate believes a girl (or guy) is an 8, it is statistically very unlikely you will consider her (or him) a 4.
If there were one piece of distressing evidence crying out for an evidence-based policy, then this is it. Social justice demands action to level the playing field. It doesn't matter whether the beautiful earn more because their appearance makes them more effective, or simply because employers are aesthetically inclined.
Luckily, economic theory shows how promoting fairness can boost economic growth as well. Levying a fixed, lump sum, annual tax on the beautiful, quite aside from any moral arguments in its favour, would improve the efficiency of the tax system, and ultimately lead to windfall economic gains for everyone.
Unlike normal income tax, which retards the incentive to work, a lump sum beauty tax would have no effect on the decision to work because the beautiful would have to pay it regardless.
The government's own Henry taxation review lends tacit support to a beauty tax by way of reference to land tax, which is efficient because "land cannot move to escape the tax". The same principle applies to looks. Good looking people cannot easily undermine their attractiveness -- and they certainly wouldn't want to, given the massive advantages good looks bestow.
Of course, the same principle could argue for taxes on intelligent people -- who can earn income with far less time and effort than their dimmer peers -- but intelligence, unlike land or beauty, is easy to hide.
Q:
Is beauty tax on the best-looking people good idea?
Should beautiful people must pay more tax?
Should taxes on intelligent people?
Do Attractive people paid better at work, get more attention from their bosses?
Are better-looking get hired first?
Are beautiful people make more money?
Do good looking people smarter?
Are Good Looking People More Successful?
20%的美人稅
長得太漂亮也有錯嗎，日本網友最近熱烈討論一個話題。那就是上個月底在日本一家電視台播出一個特別節目，裏面由名模佐佐木希飾演的美女，因為長得實在太美了，被政府課徵20%的美人稅，雖然這只是一個空想的劇情，但是帥哥美女在社會中的優勢卻也因而凸顯。 美女在社會裏享受了太多的優勢嗎？在公司裏不管做錯什麼事都不會被處罰，在社會上也佔盡一切的好處。日本富士電視台5月底播出一個節目，假想日本政府因為財政困難，開始開徵20%的美人稅，來平衡社會的不公平。名模佐佐木希飾演的美女因為被多扣稅，開始引發抗議。不過後來也發現這等於是國家認證的美女，虛榮心不禁浮現了出來。沒想到美女沒有極限，還有人要繳30%的美人稅，最後因為稅金太高，許多美女紛紛扮醜或整型逃稅，形成了社會的大混亂。事實上韓國政府原本要在今年推出單身稅，後來因為被認定歧視而作罷。日本甚至也有經濟學家森永卓郎主張要開徵帥哥稅，這個節目雖然搞笑，不過帥哥美女要怎麼認定，恐怕才是最大的問題。（本文由 台視新聞轉載）
快樂可以是種習慣
How to make happiness a habit by Suzy Greaves psychologies.co
We all want to be happy. But there’s no doubt that some individuals seem to have been born happier than others. Why? No one knows. It can’t just be down to genes or environmental factors, or all siblings who live together and share the same parents would have identical levels of optimism and contentment - and this simply doesn’t happen.
Many neuroscientists now believe that by deliberately thinking happy thoughts, we can build new connections in that crucial bit of the brain - and ‘exercise’ it, much as we might improve bodily fitness by running on a treadmill. In other words, by repeatedly focusing on positive feelings and events, we can ‘think ourselves happy’.
1. Notice when you’re happy. Every day, write down five positive things that happen. This will help you to build a happiness habit and make you less inclined to dwell on stuff that goes wrong.
2. Eat healthily and exercise. Basically, anything that benefits your body is also good for the brain. Also, when you care for yourself by keeping active and eating well, you send yourself an important mental message, which is that ‘you’re worth it!’
3. Feed your soul. Basically, we all need to find ways to transport ourselves away from the humdrum so that we can gain perspective on our lives and our problems. Some people find this in religion, others in music, or by being in the countryside, or at the sea, or by visiting ancient buildings or art galleries. Find outwhat works for you. And do it regularly.
4. Never believe that someone else makes you happy. If you do, you’ll always feel anxious that you will be destroyed if the relationship goes wrong. Naturally, having a loving partner increases our contentment, but that’s not the same thing as believing that happiness is utterly dependent on him or her.
5. See your friends. A strong social network is one of the best ways to build happiness. And it’s good for your physical health too.
Q:
How to make happiness a habit?
Do you think that some people have been born happier than others?
What are the benefits of being an optimist?
How to eat healthily?
How to eat healthily?
Why good friends make you happy
How important for building strong social network?
Could “a strong social network” make us happier?
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