Very interesting article but it has nothing whatsoever to do with rich v. poor.
The problem I have is with these discussions that get wound up without anyone defining what they mean by "poor" and what they mean by "rich". I've seen people who play the "poor" card who have more income than us, and before the election the Green party was totally confused - wanting to give tax relief to the same people it was going to bankrupt with wealth tax.
The other issue is the huge over-generalisations made. The bottom line is that need v. greed has nothing to do with rich v. poor.
dken31 has some good comments that come from seeing what people actually do. It's all very well blaming political systems and economic policies, but if you go out and watch how people actually live you get the real story.
I also totally disagree that generational inheritance plays a bigger part than hard work. For some it does, but it's another unfair generalisation that belittles those who worked their way out of poverty. It's also unfair to say that people cannot understand how it is for others in a different space. Empathy is what makes us human.
We are very lucky in NZ that we do have a good welfare system and that we don't have anything like the poverty that some countries have. I stumbled in this by accident the other day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co..._2020).svg. It shows just how lucky we are.
The problem I have is with these discussions that get wound up without anyone defining what they mean by "poor" and what they mean by "rich". I've seen people who play the "poor" card who have more income than us, and before the election the Green party was totally confused - wanting to give tax relief to the same people it was going to bankrupt with wealth tax.
The other issue is the huge over-generalisations made. The bottom line is that need v. greed has nothing to do with rich v. poor.
dken31 has some good comments that come from seeing what people actually do. It's all very well blaming political systems and economic policies, but if you go out and watch how people actually live you get the real story.
I also totally disagree that generational inheritance plays a bigger part than hard work. For some it does, but it's another unfair generalisation that belittles those who worked their way out of poverty. It's also unfair to say that people cannot understand how it is for others in a different space. Empathy is what makes us human.
We are very lucky in NZ that we do have a good welfare system and that we don't have anything like the poverty that some countries have. I stumbled in this by accident the other day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co..._2020).svg. It shows just how lucky we are.