• 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Because you’re American and should pay taxes no matter if you’re in Antarctica or not. If you’re in a different country and not participating in America’s system, then why are you claiming to still be an American citizen? The answer is to renounce at that point. The right winger “taxes against rich are bad” are starting to come out in this thread lol.

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      1 year ago

      Because you’re American and should pay taxes no matter if you’re in Antarctica or not.

      Why is America the only country that has this perspective (Eritrea excepted)? Is literally every single other country besides an African dictatorship simply delusional, and only America and Eritrea found the divine wisdom that all global income should be taxed?

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          1 year ago

          Why are you talking about wealth taxes when they have nothing to do with the question I asked?

          Again, why is America the only major country that has this policy? Either answer this, or don’t respond.

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            1 year ago

            Because this is a form of wealth tax. That’s not even a question you’re asking. Fuck out of here with that aggressive debate lord shit.

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              1 year ago

              The topic was on taxing foreign income. To quote the relevant bit from above:

              If you are a U.S. citizen or a resident alien of the United States and you live abroad, you are taxed on your worldwide income.

              Though I agree that if you aren’t capable of even following the topic at hand, it’s best that I just save my breath here.

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      1 year ago

      If you think it’s that easy to renounce American citizenship, you have no idea what you’re talking about.

      I fully support taxing the rich. I am very explicitly NOT rich. And I cannot come close to being able to afford to renounce my American citizenship.