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Why is tax minimization despicable? Countries should compete on all levels including economic efficiencies. Lower taxes is higher efficiency and an admirable achievement for a government.

What is despicable is that we all pay more taxes than our governments should actually need if they spent the money they took from us wisely.

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Countries don't just compete on taxes by providing the same service more efficiently, but also by providing a _worse_ service to their citizens. It's a race to the bottom.

Perhaps it's worthwhile to have a mild counterbalance to the tendency to spend an ever increasing amount of other people's money.

It's not like "better service" is a driving force behind any government, ever.

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