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by int_19h 333 days ago
Paying taxes is not voluntary, unlike business deals.
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Living in US is voluntary.
For large swaths of the population it is not. Moving is expensive, for one. Obtaining a citizenship elsewhere is non-trivial (and often also expensive). There are non-monetary costs as well, like having to leave your friends and extended family behind.