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> USA is overreaching, European countries should stand up this crap. [Recounts story about issues at Polish border due to Polish law and Polish citizenship.] S
by kgwgk 7y ago
> USA is overreaching, European countries should stand up this crap. [Recounts story about issues at Polish border due to Polish law and Polish citizenship.]
So you would have liked the US to stand against Polish crap on your behalf?
- JacKTrocinskI 7y agoI pay Polish taxes on the money I earn in Poland and I abide by Polish law while in Poland, why should I abide by US law while in Poland? What's the benefit to me? I mean if I'm paying an overreaching tax then yeah I kind of expect them to overreach for me.
- kgwgk 7y ago> (Polish law says I need a Polish passport when travelling to the US) What would you have expected the US to do? Smuggle you out of the country?
- JacKTrocinskI 7y agoHonestly, one call from the embassy and I would have been on that flight, believe me.
- kgwgk 7y agoAs far as I understand, if you were trying to fly from the US to Poland using a Polish passport you would have faced the same problem (or even worse, as you wouldn’t have had a legal way to exit the US at all without a passport).
- IG_Semmelweiss 7y agoI think he expected US consular services to fix his passport problem. After all, if hes paying taxes solely for consular services, and he is not getting that assistance, then it begs the question, why is he being taxed in the first olace if there are no benefits whatsovmever?
- kgwgk 7y agoHis “passport problem” was not having a Polish passport when Polish law requires Polish nationals to use one to enter and exit Poland (at least through non-EU borders, I guess). Not something the US consulate can help with, probably.