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You lost me at step 1. Punishing people because their families live in what some people deem "offshore" is heartless. Also, forget modern technology like smartp
by ls15 4y ago
You lost me at step 1. Punishing people because their families live in what some people deem "offshore" is heartless. Also, forget modern technology like smartphones if you only can do trade with "good" countries.
- Yizahi 4y agoI should have clarified - I don't propose to "ban" half the planet because they the not optimal with their laws or prosecution. Offshore usually means tax heavens, usually the tiny island countries with small native population and incredibly lax financial regulation or none at all. Those are the primary targets.
- sam_lowry_ 4y agoStart with Delaware.
- Yizahi 4y agoExactly this. How can such arrangement exist in the USA is strange for me.
- throwaway161718 4y agodon't forget South Dakota - it will be put most tax havens to shame. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/the-great-american-tax-haven-why-the-super-rich-love-south-dakota-trust-laws https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/the-great-amer...
- cameronh90 4y agoSurprisingly, people do live in those places too. I was born on one and still have a lot of family there, and none of us are wealthy.
- naasking 4y ago> 1. Punishing people because their families live in what some people deem "offshore" is heartless. If it were the only way to address societal inequalities, is it more heartless than letting those continue?
- ls15 4y agoHow do I know that it would not even worsen the situation, as it clearly would introduce other inequalities?
- naasking 4y agoWell that's a different argument than saying it's heartless. The point I'm making is that it being heartless is not an argument against an evidence-based policy that would help more people.