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Schumer Trashes Conservatives For Defending Facebook Co-Founder’s Tax-Dodging Move
Sen. Chuck Schumer issued a fiery rebuke Thursday to conservatives who have criticized his legislation, inspired by Facebook’s Eduardo Saverin, aimed at cracking down on Americans who renounce their citizenship to duck taxes.
The New York Democrat took to the Senate floor to declare he’s “appalled” that conservatives would “rush to the defense of a man who is turning his back on America.” He said he’s seen a “torrent of vitriol” in response to his bill, calling the nature of the pushback “absurd,” “off the deep end,” “baffling” and “odious.”
The criticism from conservatives has been fierce. Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist likened the bill to actions taken by Nazi Germany, while the Wall Street Journal compared it to “Soviet-style exit taxes.” Similarly over-the-top attacks have been voiced by conservative commentators, who have argued that Saverin was chased away by progressive tax policies in the U.S.
“Grover Norquist says our bill is like fascist Nazi Germany,” said Schumer, who is Jewish. “I know a thing or two about what Nazis did. Some of my relatives were killed by them.” Punishing Americans who ditch U.S. citizenship to avoid legal obligations, he said, is “not even on the same planet as what the Nazis did to the Jews.”
The New York Democrat took to the Senate floor to declare he’s “appalled” that conservatives would “rush to the defense of a man who is turning his back on America.” He said he’s seen a “torrent of vitriol” in response to his bill, calling the nature of the pushback “absurd,” “off the deep end,” “baffling” and “odious.”
The criticism from conservatives has been fierce. Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist likened the bill to actions taken by Nazi Germany, while the Wall Street Journal compared it to “Soviet-style exit taxes.” Similarly over-the-top attacks have been voiced by conservative commentators, who have argued that Saverin was chased away by progressive tax policies in the U.S.
“Grover Norquist says our bill is like fascist Nazi Germany,” said Schumer, who is Jewish. “I know a thing or two about what Nazis did. Some of my relatives were killed by them.” Punishing Americans who ditch U.S. citizenship to avoid legal obligations, he said, is “not even on the same planet as what the Nazis did to the Jews.”
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Wtg Chuck!
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