# Moving from California to Alaska--to avoid taxes!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-california-to-alaska-to-avoid-taxes/621824>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 14, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-california-to-alaska-to-avoid-taxes/621824 "2012-05-14T00:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-california-to-alaska-to-avoid-taxes/621824/21 "2012-06-02T03:28:07Z")

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> [@emacknight](#):
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> How is it a moral issue? What does morality and citizenship have to do with one another?
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> Should California levy a tax on people living in Alaska? Pretty simple question. What do I owe California after I’ve left?
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> Why do you have to feel anything for them? Right now you seem to have nothing but scorn and contempt. Who cares what citizenship someone has? How is it in any way a moral issue?

There are some people on this board who appear to be unable to understand what other people are saying in their posts.

But in all the time I’ve been here, you’re the only person I’ve encountered who, on a regular basis, gives every appearance of not understanding what you’re saying in your own posts.

How is it a moral issue? It’s a moral issue _in exactly the way you just described it_.

You just asked how it was a moral issue, explained the moral issues involved, and then asked again how it was a moral issue. You just answered your own question but you apparently don’t understand the answer that you gave.

I’ll admit it. You’ve got me at a loss as to how to respond.

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