And of course some measures will have to be taken to prevent people from seceding in order to not have to pay their fair share of taxes. But in the case of land-locked secessionists, that's pretty simple - after all, it's not like they're going to be members of the WTO, so we can trade-war them to bankruptcy if they act as flag-of-convenience countries for rich tax cheats.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
But a new country is unlikely to be a flag-of-convenience one for rich tax cheats right away. People like this perfer places with a reputation for stability, something you get only after many years of independence.
You mean like we do now for Liechtenstein? Not too convincing...
No, actually I was thinking something more along the lines of what the Israeli are doing to Gaza. Maybe sans the airstrikes, though.
