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You lost me at step 1. Punishing people because their families live in what some people deem "offshore" is heartless. Also, forget modern technology like smartphones if you only can do trade with "good" countries.

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I should have clarified - I don't propose to "ban" half the planet because they the not optimal with their laws or prosecution. Offshore usually means tax heavens, usually the tiny island countries with small native population and incredibly lax financial regulation or none at all. Those are the primary targets.

Start with Delaware.

Exactly this. How can such arrangement exist in the USA is strange for me.

don't forget South Dakota - it will be put most tax havens to shame. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/the-great-amer...

Surprisingly, people do live in those places too. I was born on one and still have a lot of family there, and none of us are wealthy.

> 1. Punishing people because their families live in what some people deem "offshore" is heartless.

If it were the only way to address societal inequalities, is it more heartless than letting those continue?

How do I know that it would not even worsen the situation, as it clearly would introduce other inequalities?

Well that's a different argument than saying it's heartless. The point I'm making is that it being heartless is not an argument against an evidence-based policy that would help more people.

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