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by gumby 1180 days ago
You’re getting those benefits in general, though not at that instant, but is the tax you pay on march 28th making every street you drive on that day better? No, it’s smeared around spatially and temporally.

If you’re in Iceland for six months you might not even owe taxes in your home country for that period.

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Americans owe taxes at home forever no matter what*, which tilts the calculus somewhat.