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harimau777yesterday at 9:00 PM1 replyview on HN

Them moving somewhere else is an easy fix. Just put an exit tax on the ultra wealthy.


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servo_sausageyesterday at 10:30 PM

Even that is subject to shenanigans... above a certain level of wealth the overhead of establishing companies, tax residencies, and complex debt arrangements become a rounding error.

Some of the mechanisms are loopholes, that might be closed l. But many start to interact with international business regulations that exist for considered reasons, and are harder to change even if it is serving as a loophole.

You end up with only the small wealth (one lifetime as a skilled professional) group getting caught