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'Our culture is so anti-business': David Seymour proposes $30m scheme to teach kids investing

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 Apr 2026, 3:58pm
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Photo / Michael Craig

'Our culture is so anti-business': David Seymour proposes $30m scheme to teach kids investing

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 Apr 2026, 3:58pm

David Seymour's floating the idea of giving high school students 500 dollars each, to learn investing.

Students would be able to track earnings and losses, and will be tested on it.

Seymour told Matt and Tyler, "I just think, especially for poor children from poorer households, if you don't have someone in your household who knows how to invest and talks about this stuff, how would you learn?" 

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