Comments on: FATCA is working! https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/fatca-working/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: ras https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/fatca-working/comment-page-1/#comment-269137 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:20:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44082#comment-269137 Not mentioned is the average income of the renouncers and the trendline (vis a vis income a.o.t. how many of them, I mean) on same. Given the top-heavy nature of US tax revenue, 3,000 might be a lot more significant than it sounds.

]]> By: DensityDuck https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/fatca-working/comment-page-1/#comment-269107 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:54:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44082#comment-269107 They told me that if I voted for Mitt Romney, Americans would flee the country in droves.

…and they were right!

]]> By: Suzanne Lucas--Evil HR Lady https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/fatca-working/comment-page-1/#comment-269101 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:43:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=44082#comment-269101 As an American living abroad, the taxes we face are super burdensome. Non-Americans are always shocked that I have to pay taxes in the US, even if I don’t step foot on US soil for the whole year.

We had to renew our son’s passport this past summer at the embassy. There was another woman there, renouncing her US citizenship.

I love my country, so I don’t know if I could ever renounce, but in just 7 years I’ll be eligible for a Swiss passport so…

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