I see the Tobacco & Petroleum Union has come out swinging at Hipkins' renewed talk of wealth taxes. They are trotting out the "envy" line yet again.
Thing is, most normal folk emphatically do not envy the wealthy. We just want them gone. Disparity drives dysfunction and in our early evolution into social creatures hoarding was an aberration, so we selected against it.
Time to revisit the old wisdom.
Phil Stevens /
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