At this point I know almost a dozen people that were "assigned #US #citzen at birth" without their explicit consent who'd literally do anything to get #denaturalized and live as a free being.

• Unfortunately the #USA not just imposes #FATCA but also a de-facto debt peonage with an absurdly-high #RenounciationFee of U$D 2.350,-- and #RenounciationTax because in the eyes of the #US government they are considered #PayPigs!

Which begs the question if #crowdfunding for that violates the #ToS of #GoFundMe and/or other platforms.

• #WhatsMissing is the opposite of the Thiel Fellowship aka. a fund that finances #Renounciation of #USA #citizenship (and OFC supports people attaining a different citizenship because #statelessness is *worse than homelessness!)

#commentary #USpol #politricks

@kkarhan I did not know they charged that much!

My mother renounced her US citizenship after her brother died. Visiting him was the only reason for her to travel to the US, and the only effect her citizenship had on her life anymore was she had to pay an accountant to do a US tax return for her every year. She never owed any taxes but it still cost money to do the return. It could be they didn't charge so much to renounce back then.

@dragonfrog yes, in the past that fee was still an eyewatering $450,-- (with only #Jamaica charging $1.000 being more expensive) but the hike to $2.350,-- was relatively recent (2015), and prior to 2010 there was no fee whatsoever.

• Obviously the planned fee reductions didn't happen to this day and I'm not aware of any way for even dual-nationals to get 'forcibly denaturalized' without committing a serious felony.

#NotLegalAdvice OFC!