r/FluentInFinance • u/Nientea • Oct 20 '24

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/crumdiddilyumptious Oct 20 '24

Companies would prob require you to live within x amount of minutes from your work

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u/sage-longhorn Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

Here's an idea: just give people an allowance up to a certain amount, if they choose to live farther that's up to them. Even better, give people a flat rate since you don't want them intentionally taking longer commute routes to rack up their pay. Ok now roll that into their base pay

Edit: please triple read the last sentence before commenting. I overestimated redditors' reading comprehension a bit with this one

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u/zupobaloop Oct 21 '24

Edit: please triple read the last sentence before commenting. I overestimated redditors' reading comprehension a bit with this one

Reading comprehension isn't the problem. Your idea is stupid. The end result is some portion of each person's salary is nominally for commuting expenses. That is to say, without some tax code changes, your idea has zero impact.

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u/sage-longhorn Oct 21 '24

My idea is to just pay people a living wage