Mises Daily
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Briggs Armstrong
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[See also [AuthorName]’s coda to this article: “More on the Expatriation Tax.” ] In the past, the government was forced to show a modicum of restraint with respect to levying taxes for fear that citizens would simply leave the country and move to a more favorable location. In fact, the threat of the citizenry emigrating en masse is arguably one of