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Lets be clear; changes to tax laws do not 'force' the wealthy to leave the country.

The wealthy are choosing not to increase their contribution to the country they are (currently at least) living in.

Sure that is a choice they are free to make, but its their choice; no-one is forcing them into anything.

They already have enough money, so refusing to pay higher taxes is a choice about what they wish to support in their (for now) home country!

They are not victims!

@diekenbrock @ChrisMayLA6 from experience - this is a pain for ordinary people who live abroad...

@diekenbrock
> there is also citizenship-based taxation

This is new to me, but I presume the idea that people pay tax on all their income, regardless of which jurisdiction its earned in (in practice or in theory). How does it work for those with dual citizenship?

@ChrisMayLA6

@strypey @diekenbrock

The US tax system has (I believe) an allowance for claiming tax has been paid on earnings already (via various double taxation agreements) so that citizens whose earning are taxed by other countries only pay one slice of tax not two