[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.