The Transportation Bureau of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province issued a document years ago, deciding that from 8: 00 am on February 2 to 8: 00 am on February 9, all government repayment toll roads (excluding expressways) in the whole state will be exempted from passing vehicle tolls. It is understood that since the Spring Festival in 2009, Liangshan Prefecture has implemented free passage measures for the Spring Festival holiday, with the aim of creating a safe, comfortable and convenient traffic condition for villagers and foreign tourists.
Compared with some places that have racked their brains to pluck goose feathers, it is undoubtedly a good move to benefit the people by exempting tolls for seven days during the Spring Festival in Liangshan Prefecture.
First of all, it lightens the burden of car owners, promotes the prosperity and development of local tourism, and has a chain promotion effect on the local accommodation and catering industry. The Spring Festival is the peak season for tourism, and the unique natural scenery and ethnic customs of Liangshan Prefecture fascinate many people who love to travel. Free of tolls has saved a lot of money for car owners and strengthened their belief in traveling here. In addition, although tolls are exempted, other catering, accommodation and ticket revenues are still not delayed, which can be described as "losing Sang Yu and gaining the east corner".
Secondly, during the Spring Festival, fresh agricultural products such as vegetables, meat and eggs are sold in the peak season, and vehicle tolls are exempted, which reduces the cost of logistics and transportation, which is of great help to control the price of vegetables during the Spring Festival and reduce the living cost of residents. According to the research report published by the World Bank in February, 2007, China's vehicle tolls account for more than 2% of the per capita GDP, ranking first in the world. At the same time, the data show that China's current tolls and bridge tolls have reached one-third of the cost of transportation enterprises, which is about twice as high as that of developed countries. Therefore, to some extent, to control high prices, we should start with reducing highway tolls.
Third, it is conducive to enhancing the image of the government and restoring its role of serving the people. The introduction of the free policy, from the book point of view, the government's fiscal revenue has decreased, but this reflects that the essential attribute of highways is owned by the public. As we all know, in some places, highways have become a tool for local governments and transportation departments to collect money. It is not uncommon for loan roads to be changed into business roads at will, and the charging period of business roads to be extended at will. This time, Liangshan Prefecture took the lead in exempting the seven-day toll from the toll road repaid by the government, which is undoubtedly a reversal. I boldly suggest: whether the toll can also be appropriately reduced or exempted during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. After all, there are not many holidays, so it is not easy for ordinary people to go out.
Liangshan Prefecture, as an underdeveloped inland area in the west, took the lead in and continued to implement the measures of exempting tolls during the Spring Festival, which is worth learning from local governments that try their best to dig out people's pockets. At the same time, I would like to advise the last Land Rover: 365 days a year, every month and day, please rest during the Spring Festival. After all, it is not easy for anyone, because the year is sad and there are many places to spend money!
Overtime during the Spring Festival is more about implementation.
The Spring Festival holiday is approaching, and some workers will stick to their jobs during the holiday. How do employees who work overtime during holidays calculate overtime pay? The reporter learned from the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau yesterday that according to the Regulations on the Payment of Employees' Wages in Shenzhen, employees who work overtime during the Spring Festival holiday get "three salaries" and "two salaries" according to the difference between legal holidays and rest days. (65438+1October 3 1 Shenzhen News Network)
During the Spring Festival, many employees still have to stick to their posts, unable to reunite with their families, visit relatives and friends, and relax their travel. Others have a holiday, and they are working overtime, which is more stressful than usual. Moreover, the number of holiday service people is large, the requirements are high, and the workload is far greater than usual. It is natural to pay overtime pay and family affection to holiday workers.
According to the relevant regulations, overtime pay should be paid at least 3 times of the original normal work salary, which is actually 4 times. Overtime pay during the Spring Festival is real and cannot be replaced by compensatory time off. The implementation of this regulation is not a big problem for state-owned enterprises, but it is not an easy topic for employees of private enterprises. Some enterprises deliberately refused to pay, or took turns to replace them, and even begged for overtime pay and were fired.
Overtime during the Spring Festival is well-founded. For problems involving their own interests, anyone who works overtime has an account in his heart, complains to that department, and doesn't have to go to anyone for advice, so that he won't go to the wrong door. However, it is rare to openly challenge the boss for overtime pay on holidays. There is a simple reason. If you offend your boss just because of a few days' class fees, the consequences will be very serious. Either let you leave and reduce your income, or
It is common for some departments to remind before and after holidays, such as "legal holidays and rest days are calculated separately, and overtime pay for legal holidays cannot be offset by holidays". , and even listed the formula calculation details of overtime pay; Some harsh words are also common, such as "no" and "severe punishment"; And some enterprises just "mention" and "don't wake up". You say yours, I'll do mine, and it goes in one ear and out the other.
Whether it is the Spring Festival or other legal holidays, it is nothing new. It is a very old topic, and it has a strong general response. For example, according to a recent survey, nearly 90% of overtime employees report that they have no overtime pay. The reasons are: only reminding, not strictly checking and implementing, not taking the initiative to understand, living in the office and waiting for people to complain.
It is difficult for many employees to pay overtime during the Spring Festival, not because they don't know how to calculate it, but because they are helpless. This helplessness is caused by poor supervision and lax implementation of relevant laws and regulations. For example, the relevant departments not only remind, but also focus on implementation afterwards, which may prompt some enterprises to wake up.
Why is the story of the police donating orphans so touching?
Several policemen handling the case, dozens of Hangzhou policemen and a group of social well-intentioned people spontaneously continued a love story of donating three orphans for several years, which made people "can't help crying" after reading it. The reason why this story can make people so moved lies in the expression of love throughout the story, which is both warm and elegant.
China Youth Daily1October 26th published this love story with the title of Police and Orphans. The "iron-blooded police" spontaneously expressed their love without losing their tenderness, and the public's warm feeling for this love stems from the most valuable understanding and sympathy between people. It is this kind of understanding and sympathy that penetrates the indifference and contempt in the world, and feels the pain and suffering of others' lives with a kind of caring and putting themselves in their shoes, and obtains a feeling of empathy.
The fathers of three orphans died in a car accident, and their mothers later died in a robbery and murder case. Four years ago, after seeing the eldest daughter who handled affairs for her mother, the police were full of pity: "This family is really unfortunate", "Three children will definitely drop out of school" and "Can we help these three children?" More understanding and care in this world will inspire more sincere love, and everyone will be surrounded by warm power.
Many times, we may not lack love, but the correct expression of love. The expression of love, some posturing, some high-profile, brings embarrassment to the recipient, and even hidden harm. In a civilized modern society, we can have some elegant expressions of love. In this story of a policeman and an orphan, we see this elegance. The main component of this elegance is actually not a strange element, but the real equality and respect between people. It is this equality and respect that makes people feel a dignity of personality and a dignity of love. In a sense, love actually needs equal expression, because it not only makes the recipient grow up healthily, but also promotes the mature expression of love in society.
Facing three orphans, how to protect their self-esteem and care for their healthy growth? The police took great pains. First, I specially called one of their relatives to ask them to convey their willingness to donate and see if they would like to. It is also necessary to calculate the tuition and living expenses of the three sisters every year, and every time they put money into the bank card, they are afraid that the children will think that "money is too easy", which is not conducive to their growth. After the donation was known by the media, they only changed their aliases such as "Xiaomei" and "Xiaohong" for fear that they would get hurt. Worried that children can't learn well in the face of temptation, carefully advise children to make money by their own efforts and don't envy other people's wealth. This kind of equality and respect in the process of donation and contact makes us feel a style of love and a higher realm of charity.
Love and charity are not charity in essence, nor are they condescending to meet the needs of others, nor are they the pleasure of watching others support themselves. Its essence lies in warm respect, so that people can maintain their dignity when they get help and will not feel inferior. In this way, the recipient will not only learn to be grateful, but also know how to be a man. And philanthropists will also get a sublimation of their souls. As a policeman Wu Renxian said in the above story, although he is giving money to children, he often feels that "he is the one who is helped".
Why Olympic mathematics was criticized as "unjust case"
Although experts and scholars have been arguing endlessly about the many dangers of "Olympic math is in command" and the education department has explicitly banned the Olympic math class, the Olympic math class is still overcrowded and the Olympic math fever is still unabated. Why is the vitality of Olympiad so tenacious? Recently, the principal of a famous middle school in Beijing complained about the Olympic Mathematics: "The Olympic Mathematics is not counter-revolutionary", in other words, the Olympic Mathematics was approved as an "unjust case".
There is nothing wrong with the olympiad itself. However, anyone who knows a little about Olympiad Mathematics knows that Olympiad Mathematics is not suitable for general education, but only suitable for a few children to learn. Letting most primary school students spend a lot of time and energy on learning Olympic Mathematics will not only fail to cultivate children's creativity, but will make them feel afraid of mathematics and inhibit or even stifle their interest in learning. This is the harm of "learning the Olympic Mathematics for all". Stopping the course of Olympic Mathematics and banning the school of Olympic Mathematics is to follow the law of children's cognitive development and think about children's healthy growth, and its practical significance is beyond doubt.
Some people say that the repeated prohibition of Olympic Mathematics is not only because of social needs, but also because parents are a group with strong needs. This is not unreasonable. However, why do parents have a soft spot for Olympiad Mathematics? Are they really "hardcore fans" of Olympic Mathematics? In fact, it is a helpless move for most parents to let their children learn Olympic Mathematics. Their real purpose is not to train children to become math lovers, but to regard it as a stepping stone for children to enter famous schools. Therefore, parents' demand for Olympic Mathematics is caused by the pressure of entering higher schools.
Imagine, if those famous schools, high-quality schools and demonstration schools don't take the Olympic math scores as the criteria for selecting students, will there be so many parents who are "obsessed" with the Olympic math? The answer is self-evident. However, many famous schools in primary and secondary schools recognize the Olympic Mathematics very much, thinking that compared with other disciplines, the Olympic Mathematics is more differentiated in examination and evaluation, and the good learning of Olympic Mathematics shows that students have development potential. Therefore, some famous schools still try their best to make a fuss about the Olympic Mathematics, select "top students" in various ways, and secretly set up experimental classes to "start a new stove", hoping that these children can help schools improve their enrollment rate.
It can be seen that the Olympic Mathematics is in full swing because some people are unwilling to decouple it from further education and insist on using it as a tool for "selecting the best" and "pinching the top". In the field of basic education, this "hidden rule" is no secret.
Although some schools hold high the banner of quality education and talk about advanced educational concepts, the real efforts are in selecting students and taking entrance examinations. In some people's minds, famous schools are famous because of their high enrollment rate; Quality education is for leaders, not for others. Only grades and enrollment rate are real kung fu and the last word. Under the guidance of such a concept, how can education and teaching not slip into the misunderstanding of examination?
The fundamental purpose of education is to achieve physical and mental health, not to cultivate a group of "machines" who can take exams and get high marks. No matter what kind of social environment, no matter what kind of educational ecology, the principal can't forget his responsibility and mission; We must not forget that successful education is not just about entering colleges and universities.
What does Chongqing's first property tax storage mean?
65438+1on the morning of October 30th 10, the first individual housing property tax in Chongqing was declared and put into storage at the local taxation bureau and deed tax collection point in the northern new area of the city. The building area of the house purchased by the property buyer is 202.73 square meters, and the property tax is 6 154.83 yuan after deducting the tax-free area. (65438+1October 3 1 China Business News)
Chongqing started the pilot project on the 28th, and the first property tax was put into storage on the 30th, which took less than two days. According to the report, this tax in Chongqing comes from the transfer of second-hand houses in a high-end residential area. The residential type is Garden House, with a construction area of 202.73 m2, and the transaction unit price is 1307 1.57 yuan/m2. The transaction unit price of the construction area is twice the average transaction price of newly-built commercial housing in the nine districts of the main city in recent two years, which is taxable housing. The warehousing of the first property tax at least illustrates three problems.
First, the regulation of the real estate market has achieved initial results. At present, the vacancy phenomenon in the real estate market is very serious. Many people wait for value-added holding instead of selling after buying multiple suites. The main reason is that the cost of holding links is low or even no cost. Now Chongqing takes the lead in levying property tax on stock houses, which increases the holding cost for holders. Therefore, it will guide investors to choose to sell, instead of holding it all the time.
Second, play an active role in regulating the secondary distribution of income. Although Chongqing's tax revenue comes from the second-hand housing transfer market, the nature of tax revenue is the collection of private property and the form of income redistribution. Therefore, the Chongqing version of property tax has begun to set sail in regulating income redistribution.
Third, from 28th to 30th, it was a weekend in less than two days, but a sum of tax was put into storage in time, indicating that Chongqing's tax collection management has been actively preparing to fully serve taxpayers. For Chongqing citizens, it has also set a positive example in tax compliance. Chongqing version of the property tax scheme has been in line with taxpayers, and will gradually be followed and recognized by taxpayers.
In my opinion, property tax should be based on adjusting the secondary income distribution and improving the tax system, rather than specifically regulating the real estate market. Chongqing property tax is playing a role in these aspects.