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>>fortra+(OP)
A lot of magical thinking in policy these days. Global rich people went to London BECAUSE of the tax treatment.

There was no magical property of London that attracts people DESPITE higher taxes.

Very difficult to have any policy discussion when a second order effect is involved.

>>graeme+C1
Why does it have to be assumed that having the ultra wealthy living in your country and not paying taxes is a net positive? It seems close minded to just ignore the possibility that those people are causing more harm than good.

>>foobar+c2
I’d presume they are spending a lot of money locally and probably employing a staff locally and driving other economic activity locally but I guess I could be wrong.

>>SoftTa+s3
If only there was some historical data, maybe even 30 years of it, that could tell us whether or not putting money in the hands of the ultra wealthy had a sort of “trickle down” effect that benefited everyone else too!

>>only-o+X3
> putting money in the hands of the ultra wealthy

that’s a very sinister way to describe the reward for their extraordinary efforts. who’s putting money in their hands? where did this ‘who’ get the money from?

>>yawboa+e6
> who’s putting money in their hands

If we're talking about foreign oligarchs living in London, I suspect a fair amount of the money is coming from Russian organized crime.