You both formulate good arguments. Nonetheless, there are many countries where one could argue that the customers and infrastructure that make any business viab

You both formulate good arguments. Nonetheless, there are many countries where one could argue that the customers and infrastructure that make any business viable and profitable exist in spite of the state, and not because of it, rendering taxes a vile theft to benefit a very select group of people with no intention of doing any good with it. In which case, they would be impoverishing society as much as tax-evading companies.