Free Talk Live - Citizenship

Democratic Senators’ Proposal Targets Facebook Co-Founder Ed Saverin

ecigarettes — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:45:06 +0000

Mr. Saverin, a Brazilian-born immigrant to the United States, now lives in Singapore, which has no capital gains tax. He renounced his United States citizenship in September. With that act of antipatriotism, Mr. Saverin stands to avoid at least $67 million in United States taxes.

“Mr. Saverin has decided to ‘defriend’ the United States of America just to avoid paying his taxes. We aren’t going to let him get away with it so easily,” Mr. Schumer said. “It’s infuriating to see someone sell out the country that welcomed him and kept him safe, educated him and helped him become a billionaire.”

Senators to Unveil the ‘Ex-Patriot Act’ in Response to Saverin

DRHilton — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:49:58 +0000

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come back to the U.S. again.

US government tells citizen: We OWN you!

brill — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:25:44 +0000

Are you really free if you're not free to leave? Weary of the decline of liberty, ever-growing bureaucracy, and repeated tax-grabs by greedy politicians, one American citizen submitted the legal paperwork to relinquish his US citizenship. His answer came back: Application DENIED. And now we know, we're all just cattle on the government's farm.

Taxes Prompt More Americans to Renounce Citizenship

mport1 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:23:20 +0000

Last year, almost 1,800 people followed Superman's lead, renouncing their U.S. citizenship or handing in their Green Cards. That's a record number since the Internal Revenue Service began publishing a list of those who renounced in 1998. It's also almost eight times more than the number of citizens who renounced in 2008, and more than the total for 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined.