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by CYHSM 593 days ago
That argument might hold for other countries but not for Norway, which is one of the richest in the world.

Norway values equality over tax revenue, so when billionaires leave, it actually enhances the country's equality.

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That sounds like a really messed up set of incentives. These are Norwegians, they have a right by birth to live in Norway and do business with their countrymen, and their government is saying "go find another tribe to join, we don't want you." That's a really fucked up thing to do, kick people out of their nation because they are financially better off than the average just to improve the government's quarterly report on wealth inequality.