Re:Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big
by EndsOfnversion on Thursday August 07, 2025 @05:21PM
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Lets drop you into the mid Cretaceous period and see how far your education takes you.
Without the contributions of millions of others on a daily basis you’d have nothing.
Re:Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big
by FredPret on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:40PM
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In business, you pay for those contributions.
Milton Friedman describes how a pencil is made with the self-coordinated efforts of millions of people around the globe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67tHtpac5ws
Re:Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big
by opo on Thursday August 07, 2025 @11:31PM
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For those unaware, the original essay "I, Pencil" was written by Leonard Read:
Re:Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big
by EndsOfnversion on Friday August 08, 2025 @04:09AM
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Dinosaurs don’t take credit cards
What if that company is a remote company which hires people all over the world, and none of those people benefited from the {education|peace|law enforcement|trust} in Germany?
I do agree with you, in principle, that a company is somewhat coupled to the country it was founded in. The exact nature of that coupling, however, is not that simple, I would say.
Reality is complicated, I suppose :)