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> Talented employees who select to move to a different city instead, less hungry for their hard worked money. That's one framing. Another framing is that the t
by Pfhreak 6y ago
> Talented employees who select to move to a different city instead, less hungry for their hard worked money.
That's one framing. Another framing is that the taxes I pay were never "my" money to begin with.
To answer your broader question, I'm not going to argue against a hypothetical. If you've seen places where the local area is a highly desirable place but whose economy is flagging because of high taxes, I'm happy to dive in more. But in general, people want to live in Seattle even if it means chipping in a little more. Founders want to start here because there's talent here.
- nickpp 6y ago> places where the local area is a highly desirable place but whose economy is flagging because of high taxes The whole of Europe, pretty much. Only desirable to refugees and migrants dreaming of that sweet sweet social security, while bleeding talent, entrepreneurs and startups to USA in droves. Europe chose a while ago stagnation over innovation and evolution and today is paying the price. > taxes I pay were never "my" money That simply cannot be true, considering that if I move to a different place that money end up in my bank account, mine!
- Pfhreak 6y ago> if I move to a different place that money end up in my bank account, mine! Reversing this argument -- moving to a place with higher taxes means that money isn't in your bank, not yours! > The whole of Europe, pretty much. Germany seems to be doing alright. Most of Europe rates highly on the IHDI. GDPs are growing in places like Sweden and France, despite a high tax rate.
- triceratops 6y ago> refugees and migrants dreaming of that sweet sweet social security, Pretty sure refugees are more concerned with physical security. And migrants with job security.
- nickpp 6y agoYou'd think so but no. Most refugees enter UE through a poorer border country but do everything to migrate to the richer, north-western countries where Social Security level is higher.
- triceratops 6y agoHow do you know that's not because the richer countries have more jobs and opportunities? That's why the richer countries are richer. Not to mention richer countries also tend to take more refugees and treat them better.