Wealthy Kiwis want to pay more tax

[SueDonim]

The government sets the rules for tax and everyone pays what is decreed to be their share. Anyone who wishes to pay more can of course do so, but I think most people who wish to do more for society will pass on giving the government a chance to mismanage even more money, and will choose where it goes. It's called philanthropy and it's alive and well in NZ, just like the rest of the world.

I think the existence of that open letter might suggest a significant number of high net worth New Zealanders disagree with you on that.

So the 90 odd people who wrote the letter can't just decide that they can give the government more money all by themselves? I doubt it.

And what about the thousands (?hundreds of thousands) who already do give more to society than they have to? Should they lose control of where they currently donate their resources?