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When back home over the holidays the gap between rich and not-rich seemed bigger than I remember. Not a scientific survey, but going from (e.g.) shopping at the Matakana Market in the Rodney Ward north of Auckland, to shopping at the Pak'n'Save on the corner of Fenton and Amohau Streets in Rotorua... was really jarring. Rotorua in particular was a real mess in places, and that's my home turf.
Everything seemed to be about property, everywhere. Who has it, who's selling it, who's making money, who can't have it. Jesus, that "no CGT" policy that the boomers have imposed on the country is going to go down in history with Muldoon's "no state superannuation plan" decision.
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