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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TimF who wrote (6360)12/8/2005 12:16:37 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 542160
 
If you don't believe in the social contract of being a US citizen with sovereignty vested in the people who elect representatives with authority to tax and spend, and you can't change that system to your liking, it would seem your only option is to try to become a citizen of a country with a system more to your liking.

Of course, the IRS slammed the door on that when they imposed the 10-year post-immigration tax burden on US citizens trying to bolt to tax havens.

But the principle is the same. By remaining an American citizen, you are part of a contract. You can complain about how that contract is executed, but not the fundamental principles of that contract as long as you choose to remain bound by it.
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