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Should the government raise taxes on the rich?

Should New Zealand raise taxes on the rich?

Australia currently has a progressive tax system whereby high income earners pay a higher percentage of tax than low income tax. A more progressive income tax system has been proposed as a tool towards reducing wealth inequality.

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Response rates from 305k New Zealand voters.

61%
Yes
38%
No
55%
Yes
32%
No
6%
Lower the income tax rate and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations
4%
No, but lower taxes for the poor
0%
Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets
2%
No, keep the current tax structure
1%
Reform to a flat tax

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 @8DL6BJTanswered…6yrs6Y

Increasing taxes on the rich forces them to take their money overseas where the government can't get it. We should incentivise rich individuals to spend their money here while cracking down on loopholes that allow massive corporations to pay nothing in tax

 @8D7G8QQanswered…6yrs6Y

Add another top tax bracket and increase taxes on that top tax bracket

 @8H8G383answered…6yrs6Y

Introduce Capital Gains Tax to fund infrastructure. Increase tax of wealthy and reduce tax for low discretion income earners. Separate all social benefit funding from political impact.

 @8DMBTCRanswered…6yrs6Y

The top 2% should pay higher taxes

 @9G5WM9Qanswered…3yrs3Y

Lower income taxes, but add taxes for high income earners where their use of goods and services, or impact on infrastructure etc. is greater than the average individual.

 @9F5S835answered…3yrs3Y

No secondary tax

 @8F5BS9Kanswered…6yrs6Y

Yes, although this should focus on taxing forms of income not currently taxed effectively.

 @8G8FDQXanswered…6yrs6Y

Have a fair tax system where no one can hide their income. I know too many business owners that have all their assets and income go into a trust so it is hidden. Close the loop holes.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

War crime tourists pay $3,000 to see Ukraine’s horror

War Tours, pays a wage to its tour guides – who are refugees themselves – and regularly donates funds to the war effort. But some of his competitors appear to be raking in the cash: one week-long “war tour” package reportedly offered to tourists comes with a £3,000 price tag. Clients are from the US, Britain or “small European countries”, he says, and interest in tours has risen this summer. “I think they deserve to see what’s happening here because their governments support Ukraine, and they pay for that with their taxes,” he says, adding “people have a right to know how their money is spent.” It would seem that the Ukrainian government is also keen to attract visitors. In March, the country announced a campaign to attract tourists, saying it had the infrastructure and hotels to welcome foreign travellers, albeit when the war was over. “Any money that people will spend in Ukraine will help the economy to recover,” said tourism boss Mariana Oleskiv. More than 70,000 people visited the disaster-ravaged area in 2021, with numbers peaking at almost 125,000 in 2019, three years before the war broke out.“People are interested in seeing Bucha because it’s evidence of Russian aggression in their own eyes, rather than just through the media,” he explains. But “they also wanted to see destroyed Russian vehicles, and the different kinds of drones used by both sides, as well as the famous exhibitions in Kyiv”.

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