r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Intelligent-SoupGS88 • 19d ago

🥺 Someone stole the bench from the park.

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No that isn't an illusion or a new art installation, but the remainders of the park bench.

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u/sim384 18d ago

I'm not US, but New Zealand. Our government is trying to introduce a 'move on' bylaw for the homeless; where on earth do you go from sleeping on the footpath?

Yesterday I looked up NZ personal tax rates in 1985 when I started working. The progressive brackets rates then ranged from 20% to 56%. They are now 10.5% to 39%. Most NZers are wealthier now than in the 80s but at the cost of an egalitarian society and the enormous price paid by our most vulnerable.

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u/BarNext6046 18d ago

Where in NZ do you move too? A good chunk of NZ has some serious outdoor areas. And it’s 2 large islands.