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In reply to the discussion: Senators to Unveil the ‘Ex-Patriot Act’ to Respond to Facebook’s Saverin’s Tax ‘Scheme’ [View all]jp11
(2,104 posts)higher tariffs on their goods, services, and ability to operate in our country most especially their ability to pour their money personal and corporate into our elections. That would be the best thing to happen to this country in years, getting rid of the people who only care about maximizing their profits and buying laws that favor them while screwing over the rest of us. We'll keep their stuff for them right here in the US of course.
Businesses that leave the us would be replaced by ones that want to be here and probably actually hire people since they wouldn't be motivated by the lowest common denominator of paying people the least possible, paying the least possible in taxes through shell corporations or off shore accounts, and generally using up the country/workforce till they find someone else cheaper to use up etc.
I don't really think going after this one ass is the best idea, but I'd be happy if Saverin upon renouncing his citizenship can never return to the US for more than a week or just in dire emergencies to see dying loved ones/etc. Since I learned the details of how/why he came to the US I have no pity for someone like him as it appears his life isn't worth the what 67 million he'd pay in taxes while netting some 3-4 BILLION dollars. That is not the kind of person I want creating/owning businesses in the US because that is exactly the kind of person who buys politicians and laws to favor their ends which mean destroying our environment our privacy our livelihood etc. How much money is enough for a greedy selfish ungrateful person like this?
Granted we're still stuck with all the other greedy pigs who do all I've mentioned and won't leave the US because they've invested too much in THEIR government already.