I worked for a very rich man long ago, and he told me that only fools pay taxes. His tax liability each year was next to nothing.

很久以前我曾为一个巨富工作，他告诉我只有傻子才交税。他自己每年的纳税额接近于零。

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It is important to remember that any American or Frenchman, who decided to exercise their free will and legally sever their tax liability would be liable to pay all applicable taxes (income, capital gains, gift, wealth) right up until the moment that they left.

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Indeed they are available to "taxpayers" who don't pay taxes, which is to say that in some cases they can result in a negative tax liability--an actual subsidy, as that word is commonly understood.

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