Entrepreneurs want to pay more tax

Guy Kawasaki on ‘why I’d love to pay more tax’

This might not be everyone’s bag – and no, he’s not super dynamic, but I largely agree with what Guy is saying.  If I wanted to work fewer hours, have flexibility and a predictable week, I’d work for someone else.  Building a business is about a desire for change and to make things better.

Paying tax hardly features in the top ten challenges of running a business, and yet it’s a major policy driver for political campaigns and conversations around wealth redistribution.

According to the latest (2011) OECD Corruption Index New Zealand is doing pretty well – actually, extremely well.  Beating America superbly.

Yup – let’s support aspiring entrepreneurs and business people.  My guess is that most have more invested in their local community than we realise.