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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
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| So whats the problem? She values money and her kids over some arbitrary thing like citizenshop.Money, kids are real things. Citizenship is an abstract illusion. Why should she give money to a country she doesnt even live in and has no plans to live in, ever? Nationlism, patriotism, these are stupid concepts created to enslave the minds of the commoners. |
I agree with most of that, except having no citizenship can cause you to be unprotected in a war or some legal issues. If you have no citizenship, can you have a passport and travel anywhere? |
Thats pretty much the only reason to have citizenship. I have 2 |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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ChopChaeJoe said
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| People dump on texas because they're jealous |
Having family in Texas, friends from Texas and encountering Texans in the U.S. and abroad, I find your quote amusing. I would hate to live in Texas and act like the stereotypical, arrogant Texan.
"Steers and *ueers, steers and *ueers, where you come from just steers and *ueers, and you ain't got no horns, boy." Can anyone name that artist? |
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Spitting Llama
Joined: 08 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: New Tax Law |
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I recently returned from a trip back Stateside and learned that the limit of money earned overseas before taxation has been adjusted from 70,000 to 80,000 USD. That's total not yearly, so this year I will pass that and I'm about to download previous couple of years from the IRS website. They usually take the forms from 2-3 years prior off the site thus complicating things immensely.
P.S. Texas Sucks, Give us Austin and the Dallas Mavericks and we'll let you go quietly. Wooooo Pig Soooie!  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm going to assume none. |
Some do. But some are not Americans and many don't declare the full amount of their revenue on their American, and probably Korean, income tax forms. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Jinju said
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| So whats the problem? She values money and her kids over some arbitrary thing like citizenshop.Money, kids are real things. Citizenship is an abstract illusion. Why should she give money to a country she doesnt even live in and has no plans to live in, ever? Nationlism, patriotism, these are stupid concepts created to enslave the minds of the commoners. |
I agree with most of that, except having no citizenship can cause you to be unprotected in a war or some legal issues. If you have no citizenship, can you have a passport and travel anywhere? |
She has lived in Switzerland for 16 years i.e. from 1990 to 2006. That is probably a long enough time for a wealthy person to acquire Swiss citizenship. There is a good chance she has Swiss citizenship and people all over the world like Switzerland except in Korea, and if she has a lot of money tied in Switzerland, and it would be a financial to file in both places, and she doesn't want to be taxed twice.
Why is American citizenship necessarily better than Swiss citizenship if she has it? It is her choice, anyway. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Jinju said
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| So whats the problem? She values money and her kids over some arbitrary thing like citizenshop.Money, kids are real things. Citizenship is an abstract illusion. Why should she give money to a country she doesnt even live in and has no plans to live in, ever? Nationlism, patriotism, these are stupid concepts created to enslave the minds of the commoners. |
I agree with most of that, except having no citizenship can cause you to be unprotected in a war or some legal issues. If you have no citizenship, can you have a passport and travel anywhere? |
She has lived in Switzerland for 16 years i.e. from 1990 to 2006. That is probably a long enough time for a wealthy person to acquire Swiss citizenship. There is a good chance she has Swiss citizenship and people all over the world like Switzerland except in Korea, and if she has a lot of money tied in Switzerland, and it would be a financial to file in both places, and she doesn't want to be taxed twice.
Why is American citizenship necessarily better than Swiss citizenship if she has it? It is her choice, anyway. |
Yeah, I was thinking the same. On top of that, it's not as if she needs her US passport to protect her in case someone attacks Switzerland. |
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