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Umm what is this thoughtfull take on just what is wrong doing on Stuff www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

stuff.co.nzWe’re still paying for a crisis the wealthy won in the 1980sIt’s a mark of just how bad things have got that both Labour and National are at last promising to do something about the supermarkets. Minor parties are offering interventions too, including state-ow...

Michael_J_Parry

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So happy to see something other than Damien Grants dumps of animal turds

Michael_J_Parry

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Beyond that we need to talk about how neo liberalism and lavish devotion to competition and the free market has failed dramatically

Michael_J_Parry

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And our focus on wealth and freedom has been steadily become a mirage as we grasp illusions given by false prophets

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Michael_J_Parry

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Even as we decry the existence of Billionaires we are fooled as so much of their wealth is smoke and mirrors. We are being tricked by large numbers that don't reflect reality to the theft of real wealth which should not be measured by a dollar sign.

Michael_J_Parry

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I often think about how we define freedom and wealth. There has been this fixation on the idea that lower taxes give more choice and freedom but does it really? Where is the choice and freedom especially for those on low income where so much goes to just trying to put a roof over your head

Michael_J_Parry

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We have transferred our subsistence living from working the land to giving our labour to the aristocracy. But the landed gentry who own the land now are the corporate who own our air...