The whole world's watching--fallout in the German press was quick

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17. I'd just use the residence rules already in place,

If you are in the USA for 183 days or more a year, you're a US resident, and if you are there for less, you can (need not) declare a residence elsewhere. I say need not because some people have jobs that require them to be in many different countries during the yerar without living in any one specific country for 183 days. I'd also join the other countries of the earth (except Eritrea) and recognize residence-based taxation. The USA is (practically) the only country in the world that taxes its citizens no matter where they live, leaving them at the mercy of double taxation, as I am, in cases where the double-taxation treaties do not cover all possible situations.

If you have a legit residence abroad, then say so, and vote as an American Abroad. Since most of us are artists, techies, academics, and the like, we'd be a relaible Democratic state with maybe 10 or 12 electoral votes. If DC, with its 850,000 (or whatever it is now) population is worth a statehood movement, I say so are we. We even had a delegation at Chicago (21 delegates, oh well, it's something).