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After talking about what refugees contribute to their adopted country, Pat unloads on jurisdiction-shopping techno-feudalists;

"Why aren't we helping more people at the bottom? Rather than these guys who don't need help, just because they have already amassed a huge portion of wealth, and not shared it with anybody. I don't see why we should be trying to attract these people."

, 2025

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/

Preach.

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There are wealthy people like the Koch Brothers or Peter Thiel, who would rather see the world burn than pay more taxes. Then there are wealthy people who *want* to pay more , like Nick Hanauer (co-host of the excellent Pitchfork Economics podcast), or this lot;

abc.net.au/news/2024-01-18/bil

Or this lot in Aotearoa;

nzherald.co.nz/nz/group-of-ric

Why would we want to make our country more attractive to the sociopaths in the first group, rather than the altruists in the second by raising taxes?!?

ABC News · Billionaires tell global leaders they would be 'proud to pay more' taxesBy ABC News