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Oct 22, 2019

Serious question: is it still theft if you move in to a taxed geo knowing the situation in advance (assuming new taxes don’t emerge after)? What if gov provided you a one-way expatriation/relocation budget on your 18th bday/every time taxes change?

Bruce Fenton for US Senate

@brucefenton

Oct 22, 2019

Good question — it might be sort of like retail stores, you know and plan for a certain amount of theft...it doesn’t make it less theft though. On a smaller scale there could be taxes that aren’t theft I suppose

Jesse Powell

@jespow

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@brucefenton

It's like moving in to a gated community.. somebody has to pay the guard at the booth. Don't want to pay for the guard booth, live somewhere else, or convince everyone else to eliminate the guard/distribute costs by an alternative method that reduces your liability to 0.

12:59 AM · Oct 22, 2019Twitter Web App

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Most people cant afford to relocate. Most countries charge you to give up your citizenship and then getting citizenship somewhere else is incredibly difficult. No one should be forced to pay taxes it's not something we ever agreed to.

Jesse Powell

@jespow

Oct 22, 2019

Yeah, so is it still unethical if it's free to give up your citizenship and your relocation expenses are covered by the government?

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