(01-07-2025, 04:16 PM)Agent_24 Wrote:(01-07-2025, 03:49 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Exactly - which is why I think it might be a good move to have an income ceiling, & floor, so no one has way too much & no one has way too little.
Makes sense to me. Tax the billionaires!
You know, the ones that exploit and get rich from other's hard work, and do none themselves...
Yes - greed seems to be one of our worst characteristics. Luckily,we also have a few good ones...
(01-07-2025, 04:23 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: You know, if the ones currently studiously avoiding or evading tax just paid up at the same rate as the average worker did, without fibbing or hiding or getting clever, we would all be so much better off.
I just got my IRD assessment, and once again I underpaid by $4.48 and that was written off. Two things, why write it off, I'm happy to pay the bit extra, and second I was really proud that I still pay tax. On top of all that gst that I never take into account.
Why is it not a matter of pride for all of us, that we pay towards the ongoing business that is the country's economy? Maybe we need a campaign to change the way we regard taxes...
You're absolutely right, it should be a thing of pride to be helping each other, & I'm damned if I understand why it isn't - why wouldn't someone want to help others out if they can fgs.
Like that African football player Sadio Mane,who made a fortune playing footy Someone asked why he didn't have a Ferrari or several, he replied that he preferred to instead set up a school & a hospital in his village.
I do not get why anyone wouldn't prefer to help if they can.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)