Category Archives: Expatriation

Expat Mexico: Arróz by Any Other Name Would Smell Like Rice

If you want to see what the region looks like, here is Google Images for Ajijic.   Also, Chapala. (Note the thick coating of filth, garbage, used condoms, plastic bags and dirty diapers that are not there: Again, so much of what you read about Mexico … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter and the Manufacture of Pedophilia

 As so often happens when I read of Mexico in the American press, I see little resemblance to the country I  live in. Americans always have been some of the most insular people on earth. Does anybody remember the old … Continue reading

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How Governments Keep You (and Your Money) From Leaving

 And, once renunciation is complete, US law enables the US Attorney General to bar former citizens from ever re-entering the country again if the government decides that the former citizen left to avoid paying taxes.   Having grown up in … Continue reading

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U.S. Government to Citizens: ‘You Can’t Leave without Our Permission’

This is very hard (and saddening) to take by someone who lived through the Cold War and the Berlin Wall. We used to laugh at the old Soviet Union pointing out that it was obvious something was wrong when they … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Jesus Banned from the U.S.

214(b) is a pretext that expats may encounter with increasing frequency… Expats should secure their visas before buying non-refundable tickets. They are building a wall around the border but it is not intended to screen out “undesirables.” Just like the Berlin … Continue reading

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OVER THE LIMIT: WHY I AM LEAVING THE SHIRE

If you are thinking about expatriation, do not let the thought enter your mind to go anywhere in the Western World. — jtl, 419  [The following post is by TDV Contributor Pete Gorman] I love New Zealand, the breathtaking natural … Continue reading

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If You Don’t Have Your Assets Outside of the US Yet, What Are You Waiting For?

FATCA was launched with the intended goal of making sure no American, anywhere, has any financial assets not reported directly to the US government.  Unlike most countries, Americans are some of the most globally enslaved in that they must pay … Continue reading

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That Pesky Napoleonic Code

Ahhh, now I know why I have always felt more comfortable and safe in all of the Latin American countries that I have visited than I do here in the Land of the Sleaze and the Home of the Slave. — … Continue reading

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Bloomberg: Calls for a US Exit Tax on the Horizon

By Staff News & Analysis – via The Daily Bell Why America Needs an Exit Tax … President Obama’s executive action on immigration will end the threat of deportation for as many as 3.7 million parents of American citizens, while also … Continue reading

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THE MAFIA CHANGES THE RULES OF THEIR EXTORTION RACKET WHEN THEY LIKE

…it is clear, the USSA government has no law, no morals and no adherence even to the basic idea of a contract… even though no one, ever, has signed an actual contract in which they agreed to pay taxes…Businesses and … Continue reading

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