[vorpalhex]

So the wealthy will do what you and I do: shop for the best rate.

That rate will not be where you and I live. It will be some tiny foreign government.

[archagon]

They talk the big talk, but when push comes to shove, most still want to live in places with cachet and culture, not some tax haven in the boonies.

[sam_lowry_]

A big government with military bases around the world could extend its tax base even to that tiny government.

[vorpalhex]

Bombing people for more tax revenue seems like the wrong thing.

[sam_lowry_]

Not bombing, a threat would suffice.

[vorpalhex]

So we should bully people for tax revenue?

And when some of those people say no? That seems like either a short lived con or very quickly we are bombing people.

Why not just literally put a gun to someones head and rob them then? Skip the middlemen. Bombs are expensive as is jet fuel.