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Originally posted by Beastiepoo
To this day I find this the most ridiculous part of being a US citizen living abroad. Don't get me wrong, I still do it, but what business of the US government is it what sort of money I make anywhere else in the world? You have to earn a significant amount before you have to actually PAY any taxes on the money earned but why should I have to tell them about it regardless? Do they assume that since I'm an american citizen that EVENTUALLY I'll wanna move back to the US and 'take advantage' of the services that US taxes pay for?
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Well, a system where you pay separately for each government service provided might be more fair in a lot of respects, but I don't know how it would work. If they need to build an overpass in Omaha that you might or might not use someday from wherever you live now, who would they bill? Or, maybe we could just put toll bridge over every overpass.
The advice given above for renouncing your citizenship seems like what you should do if you don't want to participate in the US and its tax system.