Huh? You do realize that would predominantly hurt asylum seekers, right? Because if the (christo)fascist hellscape doesn’t have a tax treaty with anyone, nobody can leave
The way that many (most?) countries handle this is that you are still on the hook for your taxes. If you never come back? Whatever, not their problem. If you DO come back (for example, because your visa expired and you have to renew it) you are in for a world of hurt.
fonix232@fedia.io 1 month ago
This is the stupidest fucking thing I've read today and I've read some proper dumbass takes in the past 12 hours... But this still takes the cake.
No, citizenship based taxation will only ever hurt the average people - those who want to hide their wealth WILL find a way around it.
The only proper solution is to tax wealth above a certain limit, up to 100% tax at one point, and make hiding wealth a criminal offence. Investigate anyone who seems considerably more wealthy than what their tax reports state, and go full confiscation + prison sentence for hidden wealth.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
To be fair, the other commenter made me realise it is also a stupid idea.
Just making hiding wealth a criminal offence isn’t enough, in my view. A politician should never once have had a well-paid job at a corporation.
fonix232@fedia.io 1 month ago
I mean yes, that sort of corruption also needs addressing.
But it isn't fair to exclude people from well-paying jobs just because they used to serve the public at one time. There's plenty of legitimate reasons why one might move on to a well-paying job, that doesn't involve favours being passed around.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I mean, my idea is moreso centered around making it harder for people in public offices to ever have been corrupted by privatisation.