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haele

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4. Unless they pay taxes, 'Expat Millionaires' are Liberatarian assholes for the most part.
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 07:42 PM
Sep 2022

Sucking money from the workforce and taxpayers while claiming they made money through 'hard work'. Hard work playing with other people's money and other people's brains and sweat.
They, themselves, tend to provide very little to the US economy.
I know a couple dozen millionaires who pay taxes, bills, and try to do right by their employees and products. They may go on a European Vacation on occasion, or send money overseas to relatives, but they contribute to the GDP.

Just to be clear, I'm not talking about retired Expats who saved up enough to live abroad in a country more amenable to Americans like Costa Rica or with foreign relatives. I'm talking about very wealthy Expats who offshore their businesses and live abroad, while still claiming the rights and privileges of US citizens.

Haele

What to make of expatriot millionaires? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 OP
They didn't get to be rich by cleaning up their own messes gratuitous Sep 2022 #1
I wouldn't worry about it too much... WarGamer Sep 2022 #2
thanks for this. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 #6
Expatriate. Different word. marybourg Sep 2022 #3
indeed. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 #7
Yes. But maybe with a hyphen in between: ex-patriot marybourg Sep 2022 #9
Unless they pay taxes, 'Expat Millionaires' are Liberatarian assholes for the most part. haele Sep 2022 #4
They can only run so far cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2022 #5
Covering their bases because they can afford to. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 #8
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