To tax or not to Tax?

It's a glorious day today. Still a bit cold but plenty of sunshine. With the clock forwarded by an hour today, sunset is now at around 8 PM. Psychologically this rather trivial clock change has a big impact in the ways people deals with their normal routine. With the late sunset, there seems to be plenty of things to do before everyone settle down in their home.

If there is anything I want to change back home is to change the hour. What it means is that there is still one more hour of daylight when people go home.

It means people wake up early and go to work when the sun just about to rise. But on the flip side when people go home in the afternoon, there is still time to do other things or be at home well before sunset.

When I used to be a daily long commuter to Seria, I only reached home just before or at around sunset. That seemed to be the end of the day for me. The long drive was not help by the same small road that thousand other people are using. There seemed to be no respite when that will change.

Here in Holland, everyone that I talked to does not mind paying income tax. The tax is high, set from 33% to 52%. The 52% rate applies to those who earn more than 100 thousand Euros a year. It is quite hefty, amongst the highest in the world but the investment put back by the government is just incredible. The Dutch here are in general happy with how the money being spent. The motorways, the public transport system, the social services to name a few are the investments that really satisfy the people here. But it needs a government who knows what to do and build. Back home there have been strong resentment on the tax idea. Rightly so. As for now the government does not really need that additional income. All what is needed is smarter way to spend the money.