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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
A rich eats three meals a day, just like everyone else. They may eat nicer food, but they do t consume that much more than the average person. Indeed, the rich tend to hoard their wealth, removing it from the economy while the average person spends most of the money they earn.

Taxing the billionaires is a net plus for any economy.

>>sundae+e4
How is it a net plus though?

Is there's a serious hike in taxes the billionaires will just leave and open companies elsewhere

>>Doesnt+n6
They already "open companies elsewhere". From the article, the non-dom status is a tax-exemption on a non-dom for profits and revenues from businesses outside the UK.

If these non-dom billionaires leave, and they aren't currently paying tax, will we even notice?

The housing market noticed; again from the article, the value of properties valued above £10m dropped by 37%. So these "just leavers" aren't just leaving, they are taking a near 40% hit on selling up.

>>Isofar+ec1
So then leaving is giving the government less tax revenue and hence less money for other people