Libertarians often make the claim that taxation is a form of robbery, and some of them (especially the anarcho-capitalists) even assert that it is a form of slavery.
Since I’m an economist, I stick to less flamboyant arguments about the adverse impact of high marginal tax rates and double taxation.
But, based on a controversy in the Netherlands, maybe the more radical libertarians have a point.
There are some people in that country who think a race car driver who left the Netherlands and now lives in Monaco has an obligation to surrender half his income to the Dutch government.
Here are some excerpts from a report published by a sports website.
Max Verstappen, ever since he turned 18 has been living in Monaco which is known to be a tax haven. Essentially, Max Verstappen has not paid any tax whatsoever to the Dutch government for his earnings…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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