Millionaire Renounces US Citizenship To Dodge Taxes, Whines When He Can’t Come Back

[Blue_Tires]

Last edited Tue Jan 13, 2015, 05:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Roger Ver is your typical free-loading libertarian millionaire: Loved all the perks he got from living in the United States, didn’t think he should pay for them. In fact, he was so incensed at the idea of having to pay taxes on his millions – that he totally earned in a complete vacuum having nothing to do with the infrastructure created by the tyrannical government – that in 2014, he renounced his citizenship and ran off to live in St. Kitts, a tropical island with almost no taxes.

Except now he’s upset because the US won’t let him back in:

Ver complains that the decision has forced him to miss speaking appointments at conferences and that the US embassy in Barbados refused to even consider the evidence for his application.

The official reasoning behind Ver’s rejection is that he doesn’t have sufficient “ties” to his country of residency in the Caribbean and has not demonstrated he has “the ties that will compel [him] to return to your home country after your travel to the United States,” according to a picture he tweeted of a letter that appears to be from the embassy.

In short, US officials are worried that Ver might choose to stay in his native country illegally.

Ver is known as “Bitcoin Jesus” because he fetishsizes the cryptocurrency that he’s hoping will overthrow the evil tyrannical government. Of course, like all libertarians, Ver doesn’t really care what happens to all the people not already rolling in bitcoins because he got his, so to the hell with them. The most annoying part of his hypocrisy? Ver worships a virtual currency that literally only exists because the United States government he loathes so much spent millions of taxpayer dollars to develop the internet that Bitcoin cannot exist without. What a complete and utter tosser.
It might seem petty for the US to deny Ver entry but let’s be honest, if you renounce your citizenship for the explicit reason that you already made your millions and don’t want to pay back into the system that allowed you to become wealthy, you’ve broken the social contract and the United States owes you absolutely nothing. He can go scratch where the sun don’t shine.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/12/millionaire-renounces-us-citizenship-to-dodge-taxes-whines-when-he-cant-come-back/

http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-jesus-visa-application-denied-2015-1


EDIT: MrScorpio beat me to it, so mods can probably close: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026079913

[yellowcanine]

1. Karma is a bitch ain't it? Let him back in if he pays all the back taxes (+ penalties and interest)

he saved by dumping his citizenenship.

[yeoman6987]

2. Won't he be saved by the Presidents EO

on immigration. That might be his hope right there. The President will allow him back. He should be thanking the President like now.

[tblue37]

3. Not if he can't get into the country in the first place. nt

[BubbaFett]

4. Every libertarian I have ever met

was some form of con artist.

At least 60% of them were in MLM or get rich quick schemes.

[freshwest]

6. True. Or in my experience, profitting off privatization or government contracts.

To which they have no respect after 'getting theirs,' as they had sprung from the head of Zeus in all their grandoise ideas of how much they are than anyone else.

Quite obnoxious in real life, and often highly aggressive with anyone they meet who stands in their way to 'getting more.' Unless you become one the 'true believers' with them, you are 'sheeple' and deserve to be robbed outright.

[Initech]

5. He should have bought Ha Ha insurance.

[freshwest]

7. Whining millionaires are music to my ears. Here's the symphony for their howls:

[hibbing]

8. tosser

Hehehe, loved the use of that in the article.

Peace

[RationalMan]

9. This is a point that is lost on conservatives..........

Whether it is paying taxes, complying with anti-discrimination laws, etc. conservatives believe these are "self-made" men and women who should be able to do whatever they want and keep all their profits.

What they fail to recognize is that any business in this country enjoys the benefits of being in the U.S. They benefit from our laws that protect business owners from liability from corporations to limited liability companies, etc. They benefit from the infrastructure businesses (to the extent they pay local and federal taxes) and individual taxpayers provide. They benefit from an educated (over time we will have to qualify this one) workforce. They benefit from an open, competitive marketplace. They benefit from access to our courts to enforce contracts, labor disputes, etc. The list goes on and on.

So when they don't want to pay their fair share and leave the country, I believe they should not be allowed in without satisfying all the requirements for a visa. They should have to undergo an interview, etc. with the rest of them "at the back of the line". They should not be able to participate in any visa waiver program because they have shown contempt for the U.S. by renouncing their citizenship.

I hope this guy never gets back into the country. If you don't want to pay you don't get to play.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Welcome to the site!

[rurallib]

12. let me add that they should have to pay up on any taxes they avoided

seems fair to me somehow.

Welcome to DU.

[BDavinciNY]

15. Good Point Rational Man!

Conservatives and Libertarians forget that paying your taxes is like paying your dues to the union. The very same unions that they hate and disparage daily. If you are a member of a club or a union your paying your dues or your taxes helps the union or the club do activities to benefit its membership. If you don't pay into that you don't get to do some of the fun things that everyone is doing! Conservatives and Libertarians can talk all they want government tyranny, quote Ayn Rand "Objectivism" philosophy all day every day until the cows come home and the rooster comes home to roost. If to want to be an American citizen and enjoy all its benefits PAY YER FUCKING TAXES!!!!!

[Demeter]

11. He can hold his meetings on cruise ships, 12 miles off shore

It would be a win-win for his "suckers," I mean, customers and supporters: a nice vacation while he picks their pockets.

OR


He can get a robot like the one Edward Snowden is forced to use for personal appearances, because the government threw him out like moldy bread by cancelling his passport when he blew the whistle on it.

[BDavinciNY]

13. Moral of the Story

American Citizenship is like American Express, Membership has its privileges and rewards!!

Being an American Citizen you can't leave home without it !

Too Bad So Sad Mr. Ver!

[Hulk]

14. Hope they stay firm with his denial.

Great karma, for sure! Once you renounce your citizenship, I think we need to make it EXTRA difficult to EVER enter back in the USA. Fook'em. They basically told us, "Fook U". What goes around, comes around.

Stay firm!!