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Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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Re: Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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post #4

That's interesting. Someone who was born in country A and is a citizen of country B and decided to live in country C, no longer wants to be a citizen of B (which would be understandable for a lot of reasons, taxes being only one of many) still has to pay taxes as if he/she were actually using country B's tax-funded services.

Even worse: someone who was born in country B and lived his whole life outside of country B, still needs to file taxes and pay social security every year as if he was living in country B. That's my particular case.

Well... You may still use their diplomatic services, vote, and freely return to B without first asking for permission. But I agree that you should be billed accordingly to the expenses you actually generate and that the process should be as painless (and cheap for B's government) as possible - something like a fixed amount per citizen that could be waived if you declare you are too poor to pay it.

How much does a citizen cost to B's government?

Re: Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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An interesting question is what happens when you renounce citizenship for political reasons (for this exercise, consider someone who fundamentally disagrees with the current employment of military force). Shouldn't this rule, one that effectively punishes such forms of protest, go against the 1st amendment?

Re: Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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It's nationalism. Very scary.

So, the government decides to give tax breaks to the rich. Not much you and I can do about that. It's hard fighting the system, you can camp out in Wall st all you want.

So lets single out this one guy and crucify him, make him an example of what we do with expats who don't pay their due.

Re: Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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post #12

An interesting question is what happens when you renounce citizenship for political reasons (for this exercise, consider someone who fundamentally disagrees with the current employment of military force). Shouldn't this rule, one that effectively punishes such forms of protest, go against the 1st amendment?

Good luck getting this government to consider the Constitutionality of any bill (or executive order, for that matter) they pass.

Re: Still Smiling, Eduardo? USA Want To Collect Your $67M In Facebook Taxes Anyway

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post #8

For reference, according tot his article, he may end up paying WAY more than the 67 million. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/05/re...

Yeah, seeing how Schumer and Casey are hell-bent on making an example of him, he probably will end up paying WAY more than 67 million. He'll end up paying with his citizenship if they get their way.
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