Do you understand what inversion is, as with the Tim Horton and Burger King marriage?

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9. So... I should still be paying Arizona taxes, even though I haven't lived there in 20 years?

I was born in the Midwest, got military bratted around for several years, got the majority of my education (public k-12 and public university) in Arizona while my parents paid property, sales, sin and income taxes that supported my education.

I left three days after getting my degrees and have been back so rarely that I can count the number of days in twenty years on two hands. While I lived in Arizona, I never made more than $20K a year, but I paid my sales, sin, income and property (via my rent) taxes, just like everyone else. I now happily pay sales, property, sin and income taxes to the state where I live. I also massively multiplied my income by getting out of Arizona, but I never earned a cent of that income in Arizona, nor while I had a legal residence there, nor while I had any property there.

In your terms, Arizona provided me the tools to be a productive citizen, and therefore, is entitled to a permanent cut. Alimony, if you will, and that out of duty, I should be paying both the state where I live and earn my income and the state where I built my toolbox for the privilege of having my toolbox.

Really?