@DemsAbroadTax@DemsAbroad I’m curious, how long has @DemsAbroad been pitching this narrative to #AmericansAbroad?
I’m even more curious about what issues they’ve solved for citizens overseas?
The evolution over the past 20 years: everything is worse, nothing is better.
@fishsauceisgood Feel the same.. We’ve been holding off on visiting until they finish all the nonsense. Plenty of other places to go that are completely open and easy
@manoraic@MaxSteinerCA@sajaxom There is something fundamentally wrong with how the leaders of America think of themselves in relation to the public. They act like Kings, not servants.
@sajaxom@MaxSteinerCA Your logic of policy vs morals takes a position that they are mutually exclusive, and could be used in defense of most human rights violation. Trying to justify this as “policy” has you looking as uninformed and as ignorant as Max
Imagine you were the victim and work backwards
@sajaxom@MaxSteinerCA And I’m not trying to change his mind, it’s obvious that is a waste of time.
I’m trying to express that his moral compass is poison to the American ideal and he doesn’t deserve our vote. It may not affect you, but it’s poison to the American ideal and our sense of freedom
@sajaxom@MaxSteinerCA He hasn’t come out in strong support of it, for one. People should care on principle even if it doesn’t directly impact them. Freedoms are being stripped from us all, and we’re currently the least free country in the world if you want to live overseas. People should care.
Per the TIGTA report, #FATCA has cost $574M to implement and has raised $14M, a staggering -97.5% loss on investment.
Many of the headline items nixed from #BuildBackBetter were cheaper than this ineffective fiasco.
It's harmful and unfit for purpose collecting tax revenue.
Per the TIGTA report, #FATCA has cost $574M to implement and has raised $14M, a staggering -97.5% loss on investment.
Many of the headline items nixed from #BuildBackBetter were cheaper than this ineffective fiasco.
It's harmful and unfit for purpose collecting tax revenue.
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