[SatinDoll]

For those who’ve tossed their citizenship - DON’T COME CRAWLING BACK WHEN THINGS GET HOT INTERNATIONALLY. YOU WON’T BE WELCOME.

[Little Pig]

Fine, just so long as those of you who didn’t see it coming don’t beg for rescue when The Won implements Iron Curtain v2.0.

[verklaring]

The problem is particularly serious for Americans who live and work overseas. The United States is one of the few nations (and the only developed_nation) to have “worldwide” taxation, which means overseas Americans have to pay tax to the IRS....

This includes: Missionaries, Pastors, Aid Workers, Humanitarian causes of different kinds from disasters, diseases, students, teachers etc. And their children who are USA citizens.

It is for anyone working in this area, a real problem – taxes in two countries– and is not an joke.

If you think personal income taxes are a pain, try adding the laws of two countries, documentation, currency conversion ( a real challenge) and the level of paper work involved.

Some of the people are seriously looking at this are simply doing so because of the overhead: legal requirements, particularly if they are a spouse, committed aid worker or missionary, and will probably die where they are currently resident when they retire.

The legal authority and power of a country stops at its border. Why should some one have to file documents, pay taxes,etc. in the USA when they do not live there and receive no benefit of any kind! just so they can visit their elderly parents?

[Monorprise]

“For those who’ve tossed their citizenship - DON’T COME CRAWLING BACK WHEN THINGS GET HOT INTERNATIONALLY. YOU WON’T BE WELCOME.”

I don’t blame them, a country is built to defend the rights of the people. Our Federal government is quite obviously at war with them rights. Theses people as individuals(just like us) have no means to fight & defend themselves. They can’t wait around for us to overturn this evil so they must leave.

I just hope that when the day comes for our rebellion against this lawless tyranny that they should return to fight for liberty with their true countrymen.

[gleeaikin]

They can run, but they can’t hide. Somehow, $20, $30, $40 million salaries for CEOs just rubs me the wrong way. Check out the Google site “Forbes CEO Compensation,” to see how much the CEO of your favorite company gets. I like to compare companies like Home Depot/Loews, Rite Aid/CVS/Walgrens, etc. to see how high their CEO is paid, then buy from the one with the lower paid CEO.