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Yang supporters believe expats should also get the freedom dividend. It would be funny if yang just declares a United States of earth and distributes the freed

Yang supporters believe expats should also get the freedom dividend. It would be funny if yang just declares a United States of earth and distributes the freedom dividend to every human on the entire planet...

aianus 7y ago
If American expats pay US income tax, why shouldn’t they qualify? Maybe the US should stop taxing people that don’t even live in America like every other civilized country.
bnjms 7y ago
Not really. Yang is unequivocal that expats should not receive the dividend while they are abroad. And they deserve their part given we tax them as if they were present.
- speedplane 7y ago
  > Yang is unequivocal that expats should not receive the dividend while they are abroad. What is the moral basis for this? Pretty much every other U.S. right and rule is grounded on U.S. citizenship, not where you're currently residing. Basing rights on where you live (rather than citizenship) also leads to some weird results. If you deny expats some right because they don't live in the country, then shouldn't you grant non-citizens who are indeed living in the country those same rights? After all, the standard is where you live rather than citizenship.
speedplane 7y ago
> Yang supporters believe expats should also get the freedom dividend. Well, this is what Trump believes. A solid 30% of the U.S. stock market is owned by foreigners, and so when U.S. corporations used their Trump tax break to increase their market value, 30% of that effectively gave foreigners a bump. His tax plan effectively increased taxes in expensive "blue" states and gave that money to foreign investors.
- naveen99 7y ago
  All the more reason to tax the entire planet and pay the freedom dividend to the entire planet. The us already taxes the entire planet via the dollar / banking system. So it’s more of a relabel than a new conquest of the world.

aianus 7y ago

If American expats pay US income tax, why shouldn’t they qualify? Maybe the US should stop taxing people that don’t even live in America like every other civilized country.

bnjms 7y ago

Not really. Yang is unequivocal that expats should not receive the dividend while they are abroad. And they deserve their part given we tax them as if they were present.

speedplane 7y ago
> Yang is unequivocal that expats should not receive the dividend while they are abroad. What is the moral basis for this? Pretty much every other U.S. right and rule is grounded on U.S. citizenship, not where you're currently residing. Basing rights on where you live (rather than citizenship) also leads to some weird results. If you deny expats some right because they don't live in the country, then shouldn't you grant non-citizens who are indeed living in the country those same rights? After all, the standard is where you live rather than citizenship.

speedplane 7y ago

> Yang supporters believe expats should also get the freedom dividend. Well, this is what Trump believes. A solid 30% of the U.S. stock market is owned by foreigners, and so when U.S. corporations used their Trump tax break to increase their market value, 30% of that effectively gave foreigners a bump. His tax plan effectively increased taxes in expensive "blue" states and gave that money to foreign investors.

naveen99 7y ago
All the more reason to tax the entire planet and pay the freedom dividend to the entire planet. The us already taxes the entire planet via the dollar / banking system. So it’s more of a relabel than a new conquest of the world.