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> Can you avoid paying taxes? No

Of course you can. It's just inconvenient. You could leave the country, break the law or stop getting a taxable income.

It's not that "playing along" isn't a choice. It's just an easy one.

If the CEO of your company changes and turns out to do evil things with the company and the product of your work, would you switch the company?

If the President of your country changes and turns out to do evil things with the country and your taxes, would you switch the country?

The line you draw is always the one of the level of convenience you are targeting for yourself. Not saying there is no point having a line, but it's highly subjective.

[tamimio]

> You could leave the country

Not if you are a US citizen, you pay taxes even if you’re living abroad.

And yes I would switch companies, it’s exactly what I did before, and I will do it again. I can’t switch countries and I don’t think it’s effective like switching companies, but there are other means if your president or PM turned things evil, from pressuring your MP/senator to campaigning against to others. You never succumb to evil things no matter what.

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> Not if you are a US citizen, you pay taxes even if you’re living abroad.

Afair: Only if you pay less taxes where you live, which won't apply if you move to any European country.

> but there are other means if your president or PM turned things evil

I think that's correct, as long as we are thinking about a functional Democratic country. In an autocratic country this doesn't hold anymore.