• ISOmorph@feddit.org
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      I understand the hate, but that’s a very shortsighted wish. How do you tax the rich if they leave?

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        If their assets are onshore, they’d either have to sell them or be taxed anyway. If their assets are offshore, they probably weren’t paying taxes on them anyway.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        If it is income based taxing: they leave, and the demand is filled by someone else who takes their place.

        Easy example: grocery store owner A says I don’t like it, moves. Obviously someone else will open a grocery store there if it is needed. They will be taxed accordingly.

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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        What if the rich are a blight that create poverty by sucking up the capital?

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        How are we going to fertilize our gardens if we don’t keep our shit in a bucket next to the toilet?

        The value these pieces of shit bring to the table is far less than the damages caused by the exploitative business practices that made them rich. Taxes are not a sufficient justification for keeping them around.

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      Lol, first thought I had. My company’s state president is an ex-pat from the UK and “loves America.”

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    So 53% say they’re less likely to leave after the election? That seems to indicate that the candidates elected were marginally more pro millionaire than the previous ones.

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      That isn’t included the percentage that didn’t change, because they aren’t interested in picking up and leaving the country just because they don’t like the government.

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      Less likely to leave or it made no difference, I guess.

      It could also be that with the previous government only 10% were considering leaving.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    Cool. Enjoy seeing someone else enjoying your swanky London penthouse and your manor in the country. Maybe even let tourists go through the latter.

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    “More likely”. So are they leaving or not? It’s easy to say that they are, but actually leaving takes effort.

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      Yeah. It’s a pretty meaningless statistic really.

      I was definitely more likely to leave the UK after the brexit referendum than before it but I’m still here. The chances before were less than 1% and the chances after were closer to 1% but probably still didn’t exceed it.

      P.s. I’m not a millionaire in case anyone is wondering.

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    Blah blah blah. Any hint of being taxed same thing gets rolled out. Can’t keep going like this billionaires, time to pay back into the systems you benefit from.