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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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That becomes very faint as a connection. If you live abroad and have no economic connection to my country of origin. Why should you pay? And how can you legally determine or versus the other?
If I were born and raised abroad, held no assets in your country, was never paid by anyone in your country, I wouldn't have anything for them to tax. I'd just be some random foreigner. I'm not sure what you're getting at.
You can still have US nationality while living abroad (maybe being born on US soil or maybe not). Why should you then still pay taxes in US? You are not using “US services”
Nationality is a cultural thing, doesn't matter legaly.
Citizenship is what I think you mean.
If you left the US as an infant with citizenship. You still have all the benefits of being a citizen abroad. You can turn to the US embassy or consulate with any problems you have. You can visit the US any time you like, without asking for any permission. You could decide on a whim to move there one day, no questions asked. You can even vote for President in elections.
If you were raised in the US, went to school there, maybe university; your career is built on the services provided by US tax payers. Paying back into that system that made you who you are is only the right thing to do. And you still have all the previous reasons as well.
If you ever really decide you'll never go back, and have nothing to gain from US citizenship, you can renounce it any time you like. And just like that! No more US taxes.