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Re: Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18F employees

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Uh, Washington thinks you still have to pay income tax after renouncing your citizenship and bullies governments into collecting it or even extradicting you if you do not pay.

No you only have to pay if you keep your citizenship and leave the country. If you are no longer a citizen you no longer pay.

We disagree.

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> 1. From the end-user’s perspective, what makes this a quality service? Is it simply better than other government alternatives, or does it compete with equivalent modern services from the private sector? I couldn't even login to ssa.gov before it was integrated with login.gov. Every year or two I'd give it a shot, it told me my account was locked, I had to visit a Social Security office to get it unlocked. I tried t…

I'm happy that it sounds like Login.gov is better than the broken solution we had before. At the same time, I do not think a basic functional login system is something that should be celebrated as a success.

I would say that it is more than a basic functional login system. At the very least it also needs to authenticate identity.

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No you only have to pay if you keep your citizenship and leave the country. If you are no longer a citizen you no longer pay.

We disagree.

I am stating a fact. There is no opinion.

If you have no ties (current citizenship, located within US territory or work) to the US, you do not pay US taxes.

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Live my best life in the wilderness and never have to hear about politics again

Until someone gets mineral rights to your wilderness and goes to strip mine away

Speaking of which, https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/climate/trump-logging-nationa... because, of course.
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