The hidden tax you pay for waiting
More attention should be paid to reducing 'time taxes', which can have serious adverse effects on people's well-being
IMAGINE that whenever you planned to do volunteer work, the government told you that you must also pay a small tax. Or suppose that whenever you gave money to charity, you were charged a levy. Or that every time you gave blood, you had to start by writing a cheque to the Internal Revenue Service.
Fortunately, most countries don't tax people for go…
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