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    Envy taxes

    Dec 04, 2023 2 minutes

    Trecent election means a capital gains tax and a wealth tax could be back on the table in three years’ time, with Labour tipped to shift to the left and dust off both policies. By doing so it will deprive the Greens and Te Pāti Māori of some oxygen, at least in the area of tax policy.

    This has got me thinking about the justification for a wealth tax. Tax is the

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