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I'm mostly just curious. There is a lot written about immigration to the US but not too much about emigration from it. I agree that moving away doesn't really s
by jakebasile 10y ago
I'm mostly just curious. There is a lot written about immigration to the US but not too much about emigration from it. I agree that moving away doesn't really solve the problem and that despite our flaws I believe we have an advantage in many respects.
Democracy isn't perfect, and sometimes it means you lose. It means you need to talk to people who disagree with you and persuade them, and I think this cycle shows that the left hasn't been doing too well on that front.
- jrockway 10y agoYeah, democracy seemed to work OK. The average american wants it to be illegal to not be a God-loving hetereosexual white man. And they elected someone who will make sure that laws get passed to move the country in that direction. The problem in this case is that that's terrible.
- jakebasile 10y agoWork to change what the average American thinks. Declaring democracy broken is counterproductive, as the only alternatives have been proven to be worse. Freedom for everyone means they have the freedom to disagree as much as you do.
- benlambert 10y agoLast time I checked Trump was running on a pro LGBT platform...
- aminorex 10y agobecause he agrees with the Alberta oil sands people that lesbians are hot?
- bobwaycott 10y agoIt seems that message was lost on his supporters. I've seen scant evidence in interviews, polling, or personal interactions to indicate this pro-LGBTQ stance is shared.
- benlambert 10y agoNo doubt. The Republicans have always been anti-gay. It's just that Trump done more than anyone ever has to bring them around on this issue. I'll never forget the cheering and applause Thiel got from Republicans when he announced he was proud to be gay at the RNC. That was a pretty special moment. He has a long record of being pro-LGBT and if he was going to backtrack on that to appease his supporters he would have done it before the election, not now after he already has their votes.
- whyaduck 10y agoI'll be shocked if marriage equality survives his SCOTUS picks.
- mundo 10y agoThe reason you see people concerned about this is because most people assume Trump will defer to his VP on most policy stuff, and his VP is very, very anti-gay. The reason people assume this is that one of the other people considered to be his VP pick, John Kasich, told the press that when Trump's son pitched the job, he said that he could be "the most powerful vice-president in history" and that he would be in charge of both domestic and foreign policy.
- benlambert 10y agoWhy would Trump go to all the effort of running for POTUS only to put his VP in charge? That doesn't make any sense.
- throwawayReply 10y agoUnlike most countries, the U.S. still taxes non-resident citizens which probably does something to put people off emigrating the US.
- ant6n 10y agoIt's like an economic wall that prevents highly skilled people from leaving.
- dwightgunning 10y agoAFAIK this is offset by double taxation treaties. This the case for NL so I assume it'll be the same with other developed countries.
- ryhamz 10y agoRight, but you can take a foreign tax exemption or credit. You can make a US tax free $100k in Hong Kong with the exemption. Going the credit route takes what you pay in local taxes and deducts that from what you pay in the US, so in European countries with high taxes, you still don't pay any more. Still have to file though.