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Jesse Powell
@jespow
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?
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Bruce Fenton for US Senate 🇺🇸
@brucefenton
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
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
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.
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The Official Tomato
@2040bitcoin
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.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
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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Jesse Powell
@jespow
It's probably universal that if you want to live in a society with other people, on land that is protected by other people, you will have some obligations at some point. You can meet the obligations of your society, or you can thank them for all the free stuff and move on.
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The Official Tomato
@2040bitcoin
Saying no to tax isn't saying no to the obligations. I've never met anyone that is against tax that expects to receive services for free that's what open markets are for. Just because a society thinks one way doesn't make it right I mean just look at China.
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