Disclosing Tariff Impacts: A Hostile and Political Act

[nikcers]

The last, pitiful resort of the tyrannical. Your neighbors have formed a mob, therefore you must leave your home.

AI, the Asshole Invention.

The antidote to slavery has always been unity.

We form a mob.

 

[PAF]

Why should you have to "renounce" something you NEVER ASKED FOR ????????

The State performs a CRIME when it CLAIMS you as its own.

Exactly.


Furthermore:

Five Things To Know Before Renouncing US Citizenship Because Of Expat Taxes

1. You need to be caught up on expat taxes before renunciation.
Before you execute the renunciation process by visiting your local U.S. embassy or consulate and signing an oath, you’ll have to review your expat tax status. Contrary to what some people think, resigning from U.S. citizenship does not mean you can avoid making up unfiled or unpaid U.S. taxes. You must catch up on all expat taxes and ultimately be compliant before you can renounce.

2. The fee to renounce is expensive.
You won’t be able to walk away from citizenship without paying an upfront fee. You’ll be charged $2,350 to give up your U.S. citizenship. This payment cannot be waived.

Furthermore, if you qualify as a “covered expatriate,” you may have to pay an exit fee on gains from worldwide assets. Qualifications include having an average annual net income tax for the last five years before you moved abroad that meets a certain threshold (for 2021, it’s $172,000), having more than $2 million of income from the date you expatriated, etc.

3. Your U.S. passport will be invalid.

Remember that renouncing U.S. citizenship as an American abroad also means your U.S. passport will be revoked. Unless you have foreign nationality or a foreign passport, you will be rendered “stateless” when you make the final decision.

4. Renunciation is irreversible.

Once you’re caught up on expat taxes, present yourself before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer, pay the renunciation fee and sign an oath, then you’re detached from U.S. citizenship. However, once you renounce, it’s done. Getting back your citizenship will be irrevocable and irreversible.

Five Things To Know Before Renouncing US Citizenship Because Of Expat Taxes

Contrary to what some people think, resigning from U.S. citizenship does not mean you can avoid making up unfiled or unpaid U.S. taxes.

www.forbes.com

 

[acptulsa]

The antidote to slavery has always been unity.

There has never been unity. The antidote to slavery has always been morality.

 

[nikcers]

Why should you have to "renounce" something you NEVER ASKED FOR ????????

The State performs a CRIME when it CLAIMS you as its own.

You didn't ask to be born American but would you rather be born somewhere else like China?

 

[Invisible Man]

The modern standard of living we have come to enjoy is from democracy.

Hogwash. Democracy has only ever impeded this progress.

 

[nikcers]

There has never been unity. The antidote to slavery has always been morality.

Psychopaths don't have morality and they number in the hundreds of millions.

 

[nikcers]

Hogwash. Democracy has only ever impeded this progress.

Democracy is when the common people rule.

We The People.

It's either that or autocracy.

 

[acptulsa]

Psychopaths don't have morality and they number in the hundreds of millions.

And you were created in their image. So? They don't disprove what I said and they ain't my Creator.

 

[Snowball]

You didn't ask to be born American but would you rather be born somewhere else like China?

I wasn't born American. I was born a free man.

 

[Snowball]

Democracy is when the common people rule.

We The People.

It's either that or autocracy.

Not buying what you're selling. Move Along.

 

[spudea]

For us in the west who take for granted a certain standard of living that was won through centuries of not being burdened by the kinds of policies you are advocating, we may look at the lives people in third world countries are living and feel sorry for them about what they have to do to survive. But taking away those opportunities wouldn't make them better off. The reason they seek out the opportunity to be exploited the way they are is because that is better than the alternative for them.

Wrong, that's not true, we had large tariffs for over 150 years that allowed our industry to flourish and generate revenue for the government. Until the globalists like you got in power and hiked income tax rates and slashed tariffs, destorying our industries in the process, and the trade deficits send our wealth to other countries and perpetuate the debt driven monetary system of today.

Chart: The Average U.S. Tariff Rate (1890-2025)

The U.S. average effective tariff rate on imports spiked to 14.5%—its highest level since 1938.

talkmarkets.com

And all I'm asking for policy wise is reciprical tariffs, if a country tariffs our products, we should tariff theirs at a comparable level.

 

[PAF]

Wrong, that's not true, we had large tariffs for over 150 years that allowed our industry to flourish and generate revenue for the government. Until the globalists like you got in power and hiked income tax rates and slashed tariffs, destorying our industries in the process, and the trade deficits send our wealth to other countries and perpetuate the debt driven monetary system of today.

And all I'm asking for is policy wise reciprical tariffs, if a country tariffs our products, we should tariff theirs at a compapable level.

Tariff and Spend - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

President Trump has proposed using the revenue from his increased tariffs to lower or even eliminate income taxes — with a priority on removing Americans making less than 200,000 dollars a year from the tax rolls. Exempting more Americans from income taxes — and lowering taxes on other...

ronpaulinstitute.org

 

[CCTelander]

There has never been unity. The antidote to slavery has always been morality.

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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Henry David Thoreau

 

[Swordsmyth]

I'm not sure which is worse. Republicans who promise freedom and then reverse course once they get elected, or democrats who promise authoritarianism and deliver it when they get elected.

Libertarians who oppose liberty because a Republican is enacting it are the worst.

 

[Swordsmyth]

When all is boiled down and the rubber meets the road many libertarians reveal themselves to be nothing but parasites who would sell their own mothers to invading cannibals or migrant slavers because it made their bank account go up today, they also have an inability to think beyond the immediate term, they will eat the first marshmallow every time.

 

[acptulsa]

...they will eat the first marshmallow every time.

Um...

Never mind. I don't even want to know. Whatever that world is that you live in, I don't even want to know anything about it.

 

[Invisible Man]

And all I'm asking for policy wise is reciprical tariffs, if a country tariffs our products, we should tariff theirs at a comparable level.

I understand that.

But just because some foreign government burdens its subjects with tariffs is no reason for us to want to be burdened with them too.

If you want to voluntarily send extra money to the regime in Washington equivalent to whatever the reciprocal tariffs would be for any foreign made things you buy, based on some fallacious idea that doing this would somehow benefit you or anyone else besides that regime, go ahead. But neither you nor anyone else has any right to impose that on anyone else.

 

[Swordsmyth]

I understand that.

But just because some foreign government burdens its subjects with tariffs is no reason for us to want to be burdened with them too.

If you want to voluntarily send extra money to the regime in Washington equivalent to whatever the reciprocal tariffs would be for any foreign made things you buy, based on some fallacious idea that doing this would somehow benefit you or anyone else besides that regime, go ahead. But neither you nor anyone else has any right to impose that on anyone else.

That oversimplified view is not how things work.
They become wealthy while we become poor.
We became wealthy in the first place using tariffs.

 

[acptulsa]

They become wealthy while we become poor.

They being Washington and people like Bezos. And you help.

 

[Swordsmyth]

They being Washington and people like Bezos. And you help.

No, you help.
They are the ones running the current order where others have tariffs and we have none, and they are the ones who benefit, along with the Chinese Communist Party and other malicious actors around the world.

Thank you for identifying who benefits from the present order that we are changing.