silence7DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics | It's the latest example of the Trump administration's assault on citizenship.
Those who gain citizenship through unlawful means and endanger our national security will not maintain the benefits of being an American citizen
Lmao… Benefits? What exactly are those benefits? Not being on the receiving end of a bombing? Not having our country destabilized by a narcissist (we don’t even get that benefit anymore). Having healthcare taken away? A secret police force take you away for wrongthink? Lol benefits of being an American…
Only country in the world to tax based on citizenship instead of residency… Being forced to declare taxes as an expat is a hassle. What are these benefits they speak of??? I’d gladly give mine up if it wasn’t such a hassle and so expensive to do so.
Here’s a question I have never understood about this. I understand all of this if you are planning on returning to living in the US at some point. But if you’ve moved to a foreign country with no plans on returning to the US, why are you still paying taxes? What is stopping you from telling the US government to go pound sand?
I’m not meaning to sound sarcastic. It’s a legit question, because I would think that if I lived in a foreign country I certainly wouldn’t be paying taxes to the US any more. That’s kinda the whole point of leaving. What stops people from doing this?
FATCA Act. Canada and USA have an agreement. The USA can literally take money from a Canadian citizen’s bank account.
This baffles me. I just can’t see where, as a world leader, I would ever allow a foreign government access to my country’s banking system at all, let alone just yank money out of someone’s account. I’d be telling the US exactly where they can stick that idea. If they have a problem with a US citizen not paying taxes, then the US can handle it if and when that person sets foot on US soil.
I’d be curious as to how much revenue this generates for the US government. I’d also love to see other countries start rescinding these permissions in retaliation for Trump violating established trade deals. It might not be enough to get Trump to back down, but I still see it as a good opportunity to get bad policies off the books that should never have existed in the first place.
Countries need to start doing shit like that even if only to send a message to Trump and the US that no, the US doesn’t actually rule the world. It’ll never happen, I know, but one can dream.