For the “the rich will flee / divert money” argument against higher taxes, why not tax THAT?

[AGA]

Because you can't tax money in another country?  lol

The US does tax its citizens even if they earn income abroad, and there is a fee you have to pay for renouncing your citizenship, so OP's idea is already being practiced to an extent. Although you could get away with not paying taxes depending on the country you move to.

Anyway, it is of my opinion that making it impossible to avoid paying some sort of money to the federal government is theft, so I don't think there should be a fee to renounce citizenship.

[AGA]

Because you can't tax money in another country?  lol

The US does tax its citizens even if they earn income abroad, and there is a fee you have to pay for renouncing your citizenship, so OP's idea is already being practiced to an extent. Although you could get away with not paying taxes depending on the country you move to.

Anyway, it is of my opinion that making it impossible to avoid paying some sort of money to the federal government is theft, so I don't think there should be a fee to renounce citizenship.

How is that theft??

Then taxes would be completely unavoidable unless you have no income.

[AGA]

Because you can't tax money in another country?  lol

The US does tax its citizens even if they earn income abroad, and there is a fee you have to pay for renouncing your citizenship, so OP's idea is already being practiced to an extent. Although you could get away with not paying taxes depending on the country you move to.

Anyway, it is of my opinion that making it impossible to avoid paying some sort of money to the federal government is theft, so I don't think there should be a fee to renounce citizenship.

How is that theft??

Then taxes would be completely unavoidable unless you have no income.

As it should be, and as is the right of a government. Which by definition is not theft.

If a government does not have the consent of its people, they should be free to leave and go to a different country, especially if people are born into citizenship.