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		kingkilr on June 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't be rich, Live rich That's correct, the US does taxes by citizenship, whereas most countries do it by residence.

rafski on June 26, 2011 [–]

In other words, US citizens are US property.

ahoyhere on June 27, 2011 | [–]

It gets worse: you can give up your US citizenship, but the US claims you must file taxes (and PAY taxes) for 10 years afterwards.

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