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@AccidentallyUSC @ConnecterIO @SEATNow_org "Uniting and organizing" assumes commitment to a principle that will allow all Americans to live ordinary lives. The ONLY thing that solves the problems of all people, all the time under all circumstances is ending @citizenshiptax -severing US citizenship from US @taxresidency.
@AccidentallyUSC @ConnecterIO @SEATNow_org @CitizenshipTax @TaxResidency As long as #Americansabroad think in terms of solving "their problem" rather the "the problem" change is not possible. Everybody supports some specific change that helps them but leaves other problems intact. H.R 6057 - which helps some people - is a most insidious example.
@AccidentallyUSC @ConnecterIO @SEATNow_org @CitizenshipTax @TaxResidency .@SEATNow_org was formed to educate and encourage people to unite under principle of ending @citizenshiptax - severing citizenship from @taxresidency. Truth is that most people/groups are NOT committed to this principle. They want their problem solved and don't care about others.
A recent archeological/twitterological dig uncovered a historical artifact from the Carter years (1977 - 1981) titled "Equitable Treatment by United States of Its Citizens Living Abroad" - a curious thing from a curious time. law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22… 
The first law was Public Law 95 - 426 which became law on October 7, 1978. Sec. 611(a) and 611(b) of the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979" created a law which acknowledged the existence and value of #Americansabroad. Specifically the mandated ...
The second law was Public Law 96-60 which became law on August 15, 1979. SEC. 407 of that law amended "Subsection (a)(2) of section 611 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979" as follows ... govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ST…
A must read! #Americansabroad need to raise enough money to hire a well connected accounting firm to facilitate "A Regulatory Fix To @Citizenshiptax" - How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government nytimes.com/2021/09/19/bus…
After watching the laughable town hall with Carolyn Maloney today, it's perfectly clear that "It's not that they don't care. It's that they don't care that they don't care." Without legislators with a reason to enact residence-based taxation a LEGISLATIVE solution is difficult.
A LEGISLATIVE solution is possible only if political parties know that ignoring @citizenshiptax will cost them votes. The Democrats seem to think that the overseas vote resulted in wins in Georgia and Arizona. If #Americansabroad delivered for @TheDemocrats this can be reversed.
