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In reply to the discussion: If you know any American persons living in another country than America than please let them know [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)In the rest of the intelligent and civilized world, nations only tax their citizens when they are making money from that nations employers, or residing within that nations territories. Only two nations on the planet punish their citizens this way...the United States and Eritrea (a single party dictatorial state, and the only nation on Earth that scores lower than North Korea on some human rights comparisons).
If a UK citizen lives in Paris full time and works for a French employer, they pay their taxes to France, not the UK. If a Mexican citizen lives in the U.S. and works for a U.S. employer, they pay taxes in the U.S, not Mexico. If a Spaniard moves to Finland and goes to work for Nokia, he owes his taxes to the Finn's, not the Spanish government.
So goes the rest of the first world. All except the United States. We're "special" and recently decided that the mere fact that you're born on our dirt means that you owe the government a cut of your income for the rest of your life. Even when that nations government is ALREADY taxing you on that income.
There's nothing liberal or progressive about extracting taxes from retirees and expatriates simply because they haven't renounced their citizenship. It's abusive and fascist. It's not something that anyone here should be defending.