Hot chips and extreme wealth

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   Do you think we should [ ] wealthy people in New Zealand? Is this an invitation for us to put our own verb in?

   Seriously though, why even think about people in this way?

   I judge people by whether I can sit down and have a beer with them or not regardless of their economic standing. I know some people who many would regard as having “extreme wealth” (not me unfortunately lol) and they are nothing like the stereotypical view of them.

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      why bother thinking about politics at all?

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         Do you think Sir Peter Beck, founder of Rocket Lab, should be in New Zealand? Or Sir Stephen Tindall who founded both The Warehouse, and The Tindall Foundation that is a source of funding for a lot of charities in NZ?

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            The poor will always be with us, so we should treasure rich people, rather see a problem with inequality?

            Growing inequality impacts on the political process, as recent events in the USA and here indicate clearly enough.

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               I don't have much respect for people who inherit wealth and live the high life.

               I have a lot more respect for people like Sir Peter Beck who had a vision of something that didn't exist and turned it into something amazing. I think that is the sort of thing the country needs to "grow the pie". And, if the consequence is that they are rewarded financially for their vision and risk, then all power to them. They are the sort of people that can make our country great and provide opportunities for others that otherwise would otherwise not have existed.

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   I was expecting a joke about an extremely wealthy guy in a leather jacket with some hot chips to sell.

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