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Greens Wealth Tax

9 items · 6 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 15 May 2026

The post critiques the Greens' proposed wealth tax as unrealistic and disproportionate compared to global wealth tax practices, suggesting it amounts to fantasy rather than viable policy.

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Heard on radio

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  • Well, yes, it's incredible, isn't it? That um, you know, 150 people um they've got about uh 27 billion, well, have had a 27 billion dollar increase in their wealth. Um, and um the greens are saying, well, you know, that increase has come at the uh cost of living crisis uh and the cost of they say it's actually a cost of greed when it comes to the wealthy. Um the Greens will announce their policy this week, and um they will fix the tax system, they say, to ensure the super rich contribute their fair share share to the society that they they say they profit from to rebuild a country that works for all of us and not just the rich. Well, typical um of the Greens said the Prime Minister this afternoon, uh Chris Luxon says the wealth tax, the Greens are advocating, would see an outflow of success and capital from this country.
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