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Point 3 is the most dangerous. The language you chose is telling, "crime". Schumer seems to want to use Saverin's motivation to determine that giving up citizen
by rsanchez1 14y ago
Point 3 is the most dangerous. The language you chose is telling, "crime". Schumer seems to want to use Saverin's motivation to determine that giving up citizenship to avoid paying taxes is a crime. Besides it being unconstitutional to legislate against a specific person, what kind of message is Schumer sending? Once you venture into the maw that is the United States tax code, you can't leave without heavy personal losses? That sends the message that your business is not welcome here at best, and is draconian at worse, setting a dangerous precedent for even more oppressive legislation later. But in an era of occupy, Schumer can use all the class warfare arguments he wants to get his proposed legislation passed easily. People will foam at the mouth in anger against this millionaire not paying his fair share, and they'll be completely oblivious of government infringing on civil rights until it's their own civil rights that are taken away, and by then it will be too late to do anything about it.