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As a citizen of the United States, you still benefit enormously from the power and wealth of your country. As a non-citizen, I've seen the power that blue passp
by arjunnarayan 18y ago
As a citizen of the United States, you still benefit enormously from the power and wealth of your country. As a non-citizen, I've seen the power that blue passport with the eagle possesses. The next time there's a disaster and you're abroad, where do you head to? Straight to the nearest consulate/embassy. Flash that passport, and you disappear behind the high walls with barbed wire and guards with submachine guns.
The safety net your country provides you is incredible. If you're so detached from the US and don't want to pay for it, (and are already abroad and settled somewhere else) why don't you give up your US citizenship? You still could visit the US as much as you wanted (as long as you left within 6 months). Ponder that, and then you'll realize the enormous benefits of simply wielding the blue-eagle passport.
- davidw 18y agoEven if you give up your citizenship, you still have to pay your taxes. Since I come in under the fairly high tax level where you get foreign taxes discounted, it doesn't really affect, me, I just think that it's odd that the US is one of very few countries that lays a claim to your foreign income if you live abroad. Sort of like using inches, feet and yards.