17-09-2023, 12:25 PM
(16-09-2023, 07:27 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I have. For instance - a couple of friends way way better off than me got together and bought my scooter for me. Sure, my pride wouldn't let me not pay it back. Slowly, lol, but it was their idea to gift it. Another couple I know offered me flights to their place in Boston for a white Christmas, people with big bank accounts can be incredibly generous to impecunious old ladies. Just a pity stiff necked pride wouldn't let me hop on that plane, lol. I still kick myself at times.
But you know just them offering was such a lovely gift. Not all rich folks are wankers. Just as not all poor folks are deserving. There are good and bad in both camps.
Yes & I think that was borne out recently when a group of wealthy Kiwi people asked the govt to tax them at a higher rate.
If we all paid a bit more tax (not to a punitive level) then I think we could do far better than we have so far. But for some reason our politicians seem very wary of dismantling Neo Liberalism.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)