I think journalists are unintentionally doing a disservice to the Greens’ wealth tax policy when they talk about in a single sentence. RNZ said something along the lines of “income guarantee, and tax changes, including a 2.5% wealth tax”.
In reality the wealth tax is only on wealth above a threshold that is set at $2m net per person. So few people will be hit by this, and those who are will be hit for less than they likely imagine. That’s a key part of it, I’d argue even more key than the actual %, yet if it gets glossed over it becomes a point by which people end up hating the policy, without even understanding the policy.
Unintentionally? I suspect not. When the media puts the other parties response to their policy ahead of the policy itself it lets National et al set the agenda on how it is framed
Yeah, no way at all is this an accidental oversight.