I read the un-paywalled paragraph, and have a simple solution: renounce your US citizenship. Easy peasy. Now I shall read the rest of the article, no doubt abo

I read the un-paywalled paragraph, and have a simple solution: renounce your US citizenship. Easy peasy. Now I shall read the rest of the article, no doubt about how jackbooted IRS thugs are kicking down doors in Toulon or something, but this seems like a problem with a trivial solution… Edit: I don’t really feel like my off-the-cuff reaction was wrong or unwarranted. Someone makes it to 29 years of age without ever questioning the ramifications of the country of his birth? That seems … remarkably incurious. The US also doesn’t “fully tax” non-resident citizens - there’s a $100k+ deduction of income earned abroad. And the author himself refers to foreign tax credits, so…. “Even so, anyone seeking to renounce U.S. citizenship still has to travel to a city with a U.S. consulate.” Oh my. The horror. I’m still not totally convinced why the USG is supposed to be bending over backwards to accommodate its citizens who are, uh, in the process of renouncing their citizenship?