NZ First is putting New Zealanders First.

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So you see wealth as the ultimate goal then?
What good are those piles of cash when the world around you is becoming uninhabitable due to climatic factors driven by human activities? And why would you not even consider that doing nothing to remedy the situation is acceptable?

The problems besetting the US have been decades if not centuries in the making and the scab covering that ulcer was torn loose by Donald Trump, the most destructive president in that country's history. Taking the commentary of Elon Musk, an Autistic afflicted individual, is an interesting way of getting a perspective on the US's current woes without the blur of emotions but he does tell things like he sees them and is far from stupid.

Musk lacks the ability to relate to human perspectives so his opinions and recommended solutions tend towards a very academically polarised approach. Human nature is just not that clear cut. You've only got to witness the varying levels of acceptance to our own political spokespeople's utterings to realise that we are a very diverse species.

Who said it even has anything to do with wealth?
People are struggling to buy food, fuel and pay their mortgages and less money in their pockets to do so.
In fact, the policy with all this carbon trading bullshit is creating a new group of elite anyway at our expense - every time I go and buy fuel, I'm putting money in some rich guys pocket who owns pine trees.
Sounds fair doesn't it? Also is going to big billion dollar corporations such as the steel mill who don't need the money to begin with. No wonder black Rock want to get involved here, it's all about the money!
So this govt is still making rich get richer due to radical left wing policies.
That money should be used to mitigate the effects and used for disaster recovery, not making rich people richer at your expense at the pump.

LOL you think trump is to blame for all of this?
He was the one president who took a strong stand against the radical left, look at all the riots fueled by BLM? That had nothing to do with trump. It's gotten way worse since he has left.
Good news is he has a high chance of running for president again, even CNN is reporting in this.
As far as the damage the radical left are doing, border patrol themselves are letting millions in across the Mexico border, even going as far as cutting the barbed wire.
Think of how many criminals will be coming through.
Trump was building that wall for very good reason and he got slammed as racist.

Look what's happening as we are speaking.
https://x.com/stclairashley/status/17074...69917?s=20

You're damning your own argument.

"Of course it's about the dollars?" has a lot to do with wealth.

"That money should be used to mitigate the effects and used for disaster recovery" Isn't that the reasoning behind planting trees?

If you're so upset about paying tax on fossil fuels get an EV and charge it from your own PV. If the investment involved in implementing that strategy doesn't suit your circumstances perhaps some proactivity would have helped a while back.

"LOL you think trump is to blame for all of this?" then you follow on by claiming how great his racist, devisive and inflammatory policies are.

Take off the social media bubble blinkers and see life how it really is in today's world.