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I've always thought it was something like a middle finger to americans who leave. "You're not part of this project, get out and stay out." There was a bill in
by bingohbangoh 5y ago
I've always thought it was something like a middle finger to americans who leave.
"You're not part of this project, get out and stay out." There was a bill in the 1990s to permanently ban any Americans who renounce from coming back, which is hardcore.
But we're also a country that to war over a few states leaving. Whatever the reasons, it was equally hardcore to sacrifice so many to stop it. Maybe an intense dislike of people leaving is embedded in our blood.
- arcticbull 5y agoHumorously enough, it was actually brought in as a way of punishing deserters in the civil war. [1] > Civil War lawmakers were clearly suspicious of Americans who chose to live overseas, especially during the nation's most desperate hour. In his fascinating study of citizenship-based taxation, Kirsch offers a particularly apt quote from one Union lawmaker: "If a man draws his income from our public debt, or from property here, and resides in Paris, skulking away from contributing his personal support to the Government in this day of its extremity, he ought to pay a higher income tax."3 [1] http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/3AF72D29CABEB75085257D1B0041C874?OpenDocument http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/3AF72D29CA...
- porknubbins 5y agoI would say countries that prohibit dual citizenship are much more punitive towards those who leave. In the case of the US, compared to say Western Europe, we are so much more inward looking that policy towards expats is mostly one of neglect to even consider their interests.