01-10-2025, 02:17 PM
(01-10-2025, 01:20 PM)heisenberg Wrote:(01-10-2025, 07:57 AM)king1 Wrote: Where do you think all the disadvantaged people in NZ would be sleeping at night if the taxpayer didn't look after them Heisenberg? We would then have a whole different set of problems to deal with.
yea the good old taxpayers eh.................... lets make them pay more
Perhaps if some of the wealthier members of society were to pay their fair share rather than avoiding taxes, we could manage better.
“Wealth accumalation is often tied to immoral & criminal practices. In almost all cases, rich & super rich people should not have amassed so much money in the first place, & reparations for past harms – including tax evasion – are long overdue.
Further, we've seen that extreme wealth concentration is a serious threat to democracy in myriad ways. And the ceaseless drive to accrue more & more money is halting the green transition & driving climate disaster.”
Limitarianism. The case against extreme wealth.
Ingrid Robeyns
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)