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by british_india 10y ago
Regulation does not come out of thin air--it comes in response to abuses. It's intellectual twaddle to complain about the resulting regulation without acknowledging its source--which is abuse of the commons.
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by british_india 10y ago
When I worked at Bloomberg, if you left after 12 hours in a given day, the other developers would mock you by saying: "What--another half day?"
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by british_india 10y ago
If Ireland wishes to make themselves a tax haven, then the US has very little influence over that. But for anyone to claim that Ireland would experience this sort of growth without being the go-to tax avoidance location for the likes of Goo
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by british_india 10y ago
Tax evasion by American Tech companies.
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by british_india 10y ago
Nonsense. FATCA was started by the US but now the OECD and many, many other countries around the world are copying it--as they should. Earlier, banks were more than willing to support the tax evasions of Americans. But in case you were livi
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by british_india 10y ago
So, you want to ride in the wagon and have other domestic Americans pull the wagon? Do you think the whole consular system is just on ice until you need it? Boy wouldn't it be nice if none of us had to pay taxes--while still having the
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by british_india 10y ago
"we can get rid of all the BS $10,000 stuff in deposits"--so you're a-okay with money laundering?
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by british_india 10y ago
Amazing how every rich expat who hates FATCA attempts to complain that it goes after "middle class Americans". How convenient if FATCA were repealed and the good old days of Tax Evasion could resume. It is precisely rich expats wh
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by british_india 10y ago
Services: help from the consulate. Ability to return to the US without getting a visa. Ability of your children to return at will to the US and benefit from our universities at a much lower rate than do non-citizens. Your backup plan.
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by british_india 10y ago
It's amusing that you attempt to marginalize well-reasoned opinions you don't share by labeling their holder as having "anger". Finally, do you think it costs $30 to maintain a consulate? Just stop your whining: either r
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by british_india 10y ago
I see you're experiencing some cognitive dissonance. You can't understand how it could actually be fair for you to have to pay for the services that remain available to you as a holder of a United States passport. Funny, you'
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by british_india 10y ago
So, the State Department is supposed to maintain a worldwide set of consulates--with no charge to you--just so they can swoop in at your time of need and give you services that you then pay for. Do you think all those State Department resou
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by british_india 10y ago
Really FATCA is one of the most excellent laws that has been passed. Prior to this, you had expats who had milked the US and then they wanted to waltz off with their proceeds. Americans gain huge benefits from the taxes paid by prior genera
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by british_india 10y ago
Stack Overflow is full of snotty moderators just waiting to pounce on anybody who violates what they see as the rules. Asshole moderators all over Stack Overflow.
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by british_india 10y ago
No concern for recovery. No concern for life support. It's a toy.
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by british_india 10y ago
It's a toy.
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by british_india 10y ago
Hah! Abuse of the H-1B program is endemic across the United States--not just in the Bay Area. No large city is excluded.
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by british_india 11y ago
There is one salient example: fresh water in India. In 1947, the British departed with 24/7 pressurized water across the developed parts of India. Now, the British-built water system has all but collapsed. Instead of pressurized water,