[jfengel]

Make it 99%. Then they will increase their wealth by $.01 for every dollar earned, which is better than $.00 for doing nothing. Logically they must continue using their special billionaire-skills because they are earning money for it. Probably at a faster rate than 99% of us.

Plain economics. Surely they will make the rational choice.

[BJones12]

The rational choice would then be to move their economic activity and the jobs involved to another country with lower taxes.

[luckylion]

That would already be the rational choice, if it was. There are countries with lower taxes, yet the economic activity isn't flocking to them.

[jfengel]

If they think that they can be as economically productive in a different country without American citizenship, then they should indeed do that.

[missedthecue]

Do you think that punitively incentivizing the most economically productive people to leave the country results in zero consequences?

[thfuran]

The US taxes non-resident citizens.

[erikerikson]

And citizens can abandon their citizenship if they feel it is worth it.