But but but conservatives said that if you raise taxes on the wealthy then they’ll just move away and we’ll wind up with even less! Could the conservatives have been wrong?!? Does it actually turn out that wealthy people can afford to live wherever they like even if that area is more expensive to live in?!!? Impossible!!!
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It definitely isn’t theft. It’s the cost of living in the society that you want to live in. No one is forcing you to live in an area that has a tax price attached. You’re free to move to a place with no taxes, but you don’t want to live in those places. Being forced to pay with no other options is theft, choosing to live in an area with taxes providing services you want is not.