Re:Interview with Paul Graham
by dijit on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @07:05AM
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They may have paid a smaller total amount of tax on the presumption that the money would be used in the country to stimulate economic activity. If the money leaves then that presumption is gone and there is a shortfall.
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Or they may have not. Aren't you presuming too much? What other unwritten presumptions are there that one should be aware of?
Just arguing a position of possibility, not claiming it is currently this way or is absolute fact.
The truth here is that none of us are tax specialists in high government, we're all just speculating from a place of ignorance.