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elehhhhna

(32,076 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2014, 11:19 AM Jul 2014

When you give up your citizenship you can no longer vote, so if a Corporateperson

moves offshore, should they have the right to influence elections, pay off candidates, and spend all the ad money they like (oops freespeech money) to affect our voting preferences?

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When you give up your citizenship you can no longer vote, so if a Corporateperson (Original Post) elehhhhna Jul 2014 OP

Well I don't think they should those rights even if they stay in the states. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #1

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

1. Well I don't think they should those rights even if they stay in the states.

Reply to elehhhhna (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 11:25 AM

Jul 2014

But if they immigrate to another country by paying taxes there instead of paying taxes here, than the argument makes a certain amount of sense.

Do dual citizens have to pay taxes in both nations?

Bryant

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