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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
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.
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Eh? Your post makes no sense. If you don't live in the country and are paying (sometimes hefty) taxes in the country you do live why should you still be liable for taxes back where you were born. With a couple of exceptions the US is fairly unique in this. Thankfully if I wanna go live elsewhere my tax laibility to the UK ends and so it should. I'm using the services etc provided by the country I live/work in so they need to be getting my tax.
The flyover you mentioned above would obviously be paid by for the people who are gonna use it ie those that live there still. She never came close to mentioning different tax for different servies, simply that why on earth when you live and pay tax elsewhere should you still have to file US tax reports and be liable for US tax.