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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1045/
- Published: 2024-09-09T18:30:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-09T18:30:35.000Z
- Description: Bruce Plested, the billionaire co-founder of Mainfreight, said he supported the idea of a wealth tax to help address concerns about inequities in society.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> One of the richest people in the country supports paying more tax, but says the super wealthy worry the government will “squander” the money raised.  
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> Bruce Plested, the billionaire co-founder of Mainfreight, said he supported the idea of a wealth tax to help address concerns about inequities in society.  
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> “I believe I do,” he told RNZ in a new series on wealth launching on Monday.  
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> RNZ

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