[quote=briansd1]There also could be a penalty to being American.
You have to pay income taxes on your wordwide income, so it’s not so easy to give up American citizenship. There is a process to renounce it.
As far as income taxes, I think that it’s only fair to pay proportional to the share of wealth you get from society.[/quote]
That’s an interesting way to look at it Brian, since many people do not pay for the share of the wealth they get from society at both ends of the political spectrum including free medical, etc.
“In response to Occupy Wall Street’s protest slogan of “We are the 99 percent,” conservatives have started an online counterprotest called “We are the 53 percent” — a reference to the 53 percent of Americans who pay federal income tax, on top of the payroll, local, sales and other taxes that other Americans pay.”
