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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the stupidest fucking thing I've read today and I've read some proper dumbass takes in the past 12 hours... But this still takes the cake.

No, citizenship based taxation will only ever hurt the average people - those who want to hide their wealth WILL find a way around it.

The only proper solution is to tax wealth above a certain limit, up to 100% tax at one point, and make hiding wealth a criminal offence. Investigate anyone who seems considerably more wealthy than what their tax reports state, and go full confiscation + prison sentence for hidden wealth.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

To be fair, the other commenter made me realise it is also a stupid idea.

Just making hiding wealth a criminal offence isn't enough, in my view. Any public officeholder should never once have had a well-paid job at a corporation.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean yes, that sort of corruption also needs addressing.

But it isn't fair to exclude people from well-paying jobs just because they used to serve the public at one time. There's plenty of legitimate reasons why one might move on to a well-paying job, that doesn't involve favours being passed around.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, my idea is moreso centered around making it harder for people in public offices to ever have been corrupted by privatisation.