...bet Americans never thought sticking it to “the rich” would end up costing them so much personally....
They say history repeats itself.
If you remember the Beatles' tune Taxman, it was all about the 1960's regressive British taxes that were driving people out of the country
And most recently, in France
But I suggest it will be the loss of freedoms that will be the biggest reason people look for new places to live and thrive, not taxes.
Some folks believe, that if you only bail half a bucket on sinking ship, it’ll sink half as fast. Davey Jone’s Locker is not half full, yet.
The America most of us grew up in is dead and gone. The parasites outnumber the hosts now. The Democrats have won. America is simply not a place worth defending anymore.
High-income people would be fools NOT to beat feet outta here and find a place where some scumbag African communist president hasn't painted a target on their backs. I'm not sure what "renounce" means, but they should definitely dump American citizenship and find a nation that repects them... and they should do it quietly.
Esav despised his birthright. The fact that he sold it demonstrated that he was never the rightful owner in the first place.
Raise taxes on him too much and he'll move. Raise taxes on the middle-class and we'll grumble, but can't do much
America is an ideal and an idea. Ideas don’t die and before I give up my citizenship, I will die for this idea. Freedom is hard work. It is also worth fighting for. Giving up is lazy and dishonorable.
What should we say to the memories of those who have already died for our freedom? Hey, you stooges. It was all for nothing?
Why do we even have to “walk”, when in this country we have millions of illegal immigrants who are treated better than citizens in most cases.
Why not renounce your citizenship and become an “illegal american immigrant” who just happens to live in america.....
BS...this is NOT the definition of an expat.
An 'expat' is simply one who lives outside their country of citizenship for a sustained period of time.
i smell bullsh*t
let’s say i make $500k. my fed tax will be 39.6% plus 6.1% for 0bamacare... and the 15% for social security on the first $130k or so. then there is the 14% state tax for CA
so let’s see...
$500k * 39.6% == $198k
$500k * 6.1% == $30.5k (for freakin healthcare???)
$130k * 15% == $19.5k
$500k * 14% == $70k (for the ‘privilege’ of living next to whack jobs??)
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rough total: $318k in taxes
yea... that’s totally worth it.
what am i getting again? i mean besides a constant kick in the gnads while being told me and my ‘kind’ (those ‘not’ holders people) are the root of all evil in the world
Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing Speech, 1964: "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."
www.OathKeepers.org
I’m holding out hope that Alabama will secede. The yankees have disarmed themselves. I think we can do it this time!
When the Republicans are in power, I think they should change the law to make it easy to renounce US citizenship, instead of the tedious, bureaucratic and expensive process we have today.
If they have more than one million dollars, they could get a substantial exit tax, maybe as high as a tenth of their assets, after insuring that they have not transferred their wealth overseas or diverted it to family members to evade such a tax.
But for the typical person, all they should need to do is to obtain proof that another country offers them citizenship, that any taxes they currently owe have been paid, that there is no outstanding criminal charges, litigation or liens against them, and bye-bye.
And while returning to the US should still be hard, there should be a clause for “preferred refugee”, if the nation they have moved to is involved in a war, civil war, or hostile change of government.
Had this existed before, maybe Alec Baldwin would still be in France, whining about his taxes, and contemplating emigrating to Belgium.
Only if you didn’t vote Democrat....If you voted for Democrats and the high taxes....eat your own dogfood.