tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3139008934683754030..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Income redistribution is great ... but not by governmentLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-17852071900230311582014-05-13T20:20:26.950+12:002014-05-13T20:20:26.950+12:00New Zealanders were less supportive of redistribut...<i>New Zealanders were less supportive of redistributing income from the rich to the poor than people in any other nation.</i><br /><br />Then why is every single party in parliament -- including, according to its latest manifesto, ACT -- is openly communist and pushing for even higher levels of redistribution.<br /><br />The median tax rates in East Germany at the height of the cold war, and hell, even in the USSR (and certainly in Russia today) are much less than individuals pay in NZ. Much, much less.<br /><br />Looking at median taxes NZ is pretty much the highest taxed country in the world. Even in so-called high-tax "socialist" countries like Sweden or Denmark the high rate cut in at well over NZD100.<br />Whereas in good old communist NZ the top tax rate cuts in well below the mean wageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-54858833121372174732014-05-13T17:25:02.625+12:002014-05-13T17:25:02.625+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.kjxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17186392533175224810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-76136854084364248752014-05-13T08:45:52.069+12:002014-05-13T08:45:52.069+12:00At the time of that survey NZ already had WFF, clo...At the time of that survey NZ already had WFF, close to if not the highest percentage of the median wage paid to oldies and welfare, the Rich Prick tax plus a raft of other interventionist tools in place.<br /><br />Rather than a sign of selfishness the survey could be seen as a cry for help :)<br /><br />JCJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.com