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broadcaster75201

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34. How ANY Liberal can think this is a good idea is utterly beyond me. n/t

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Americans: Pay your taxes�or lose your passport [View all] Newsjock Nov 2015 OP

Unless you're a major corporation... TiberiusB Nov 2015 #1

Do companies have passports? Unequal treatment, then. CurtEastPoint Nov 2015 #2

No rtracey Nov 2015 #15

None of them are personally liable for the company debts Taitertots Nov 2015 #17

correct rtracey Nov 2015 #30

But most of those taxes aren't owed. Igel Nov 2015 #31

This could affect some prominent people. Renew Deal Nov 2015 #3

Nah. Laws are for the 'Little People'... n/t Earth_First Nov 2015 #6

Exactly. nt City Lights Nov 2015 #8

Bingo! geardaddy Nov 2015 #11

50k owed in taxes cannot possibly be "little people" yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #22

Yes it can. Demobrat Nov 2015 #41

I know someone who did something similar PersonNumber503602 Nov 2015 #46

Especially conservatives... AllTooEasy Nov 2015 #14

They want a flat tax or something like it yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #25

could, but it won't. Javaman Nov 2015 #29

"Could", but won't eom LiberalElite Nov 2015 #47

Great law FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #4

Even better than that.... sofa king Nov 2015 #5

Nah MosheFeingold Nov 2015 #10

The sort of people that have island get-aways won't be affected by this. n/t hughee99 Nov 2015 #19

The average Joe usually doesn't owe $50,000 or more to the IRS FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #23

There's a wide gap between "average joe" and "Island getaway joe". hughee99 Nov 2015 #27

It may hit some domestically Igel Nov 2015 #32

Does not avoid the tax bill -- being out of the country tolls the SOL on collection. n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #26

Really? Helen Borg Nov 2015 #7

Nope. You're confusing citizenship with passport AllTooEasy Nov 2015 #12

Ok, so it's just to prevent Helen Borg Nov 2015 #20

Or simply pay one's taxes. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #38

Before you cheer that idea too loudly.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #9

Awww...the slippery slope argument again AllTooEasy Nov 2015 #13

Because the government has never christx30 Nov 2015 #33

I too, pretend that abuse will never be born from a chain of events. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #39

Agree 1000% Demeter Nov 2015 #35

In China, each citizen has a identity card, without which one cannot even take a bus to work. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #42

Lets see......................... turbinetree Nov 2015 #16

What a joke. sulphurdunn Nov 2015 #18

I wonder how many "digital nomads" are going to get nabbed by this. n/t Turborama Nov 2015 #21

Seems to me its getting more difficult yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #24

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #44

If you can afford a trip overseas, you can afford to pay your taxes you lazy bums! 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #28

How ANY Liberal can think this is a good idea is utterly beyond me. n/t broadcaster75201 Nov 2015 #34

+1 CharlotteVale Nov 2015 #36

Well, explain why. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #40

Cause it is wrapped around the idea of "tax cheats" dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #43

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #45

It'll box up the guy who gets screwed by the AMT, but not mega-millionaires in Switzerland thebighobgoblin Nov 2015 #37

... AngryAmish Nov 2015 #48

This law will be before the courts before the ink jaysunb Nov 2015 #49