Was listening to a BBC World program about Norway the other night, big changes there as they're facing not being one of the wealthiest countries anymore because of phasing out fossil fuels, cost of living crisis and a lot of other probs. The indigenous Sami population are fighting to preserve their traditional land from being taken by wind generation and developers, all sounded familiar to NZ issues as they gradually slip down the wealth chain and can't afford the cradle to grave social safety net they used to enjoy.Haha, yes nutjob greens is a bit unfair. Name calling is never the best approach
The wealth tax is all kinds of silly though. Only country that I know of that has implemented one is the super oil rich Norway. And they are now seeing a withdrawl of capital from the country. What we need is fairness in our tax system, CGT, Land Tax but not at the expense of investment.
Have we talked about an upper age limit for politicians?