What about the organisations like "Democrats Overseas" and the Republican version. They should be ontop of this problem. I hate to get involved with them but maybe it's the time to start and push their button.

Blackduff

There is definitely this undercurrent in certain parts of America..'our ancestors escaped that evil place Europe how could you want to go live there willfully'- ....and I am sure this is reflected in the legislative process. This is why US expats need a strong lobbying body, to make sure Congresspeople know the advantages of US expats overseas.

I hope other countries dont latch on to this citizenship tax idea.

There are a few other countries doing this. From what I heard : Lybia, the Philippines, North Korea.... The US is in good company

Totally. The same crowd that claims that "They hate us for our freedom" and other nonsense.
As a Swiss in the US, I also get a unique benefit. If at some point I am stuck and cannot get health insurance because of preexisting condition or who knows what, I always have the possibility to buy Swiss insurance (Thanks to Cannut for pointing that to me).
It is a huge relief to know that I won't go bankrupt like so many American families with no health coverage.

Absolutely. A close relative of mine once kept telling me how ungrateful I was by leaving.

Hi ALL I read the health care tax? And i get a swiss email for the same tax. And Iam going with......

I don't think they really do much, except organize absentee voting and advertise political ideology.

Agreed, although the original organization listed - American Citizens Abroad - does seem to do some lobby work. I wonder if there are any other organizations out there.

I took a look at the sites for the Dem & Rep Aboad. You could send money through them but they're not going to help us, from what I can determine.

I'll keep trying to find an organisation with some traction. Being just one individual has to find a group.

Blackduff

One of my neighbors is a lobbyist for a bank and also very involved in local politics. I will ask him and let you know what he recommends.

It is against US law to renounce citizenship to avoid paying US income tax.

I wouldn't renounce for that. I'd renounce because of my personal convictions.

Ah, yes, those firm moral convictions, like (according your own posts here) "forgetting" to pay your 2005 & 2006 taxes, which you just filed this month?

Convictions, indeed.

You must know some pretty sucky judgemental people, dude. I've moved overseas three times and no one's ever done that to me. Or, maybe it's something else?

I didn't forget, I wasn't fully aware that if I didn't owe anything that I still had to file. I didn't owe a thing, thank you. So no double taxation for me.

My convictions are quite strong on this matter. I have no plans to ever reside in that country again. When I state that it is because of my convictions, I mean it. Them asking for all this data on me when I don't live there and a possible tax for healthcare is simply salt in the wound.

Meh, it less than a year after September 11, 2001 that I started to make my plans...

So, please tell us what on earth 9-11 had to do with your "plans"?

Well ... maybe.

I've lived in France for a decade, and the only comments I ever heard from folks in the US were "may I come and visit?".

Evilshell lives in her own world filled with self-pity for the "burden" of US citizenship, but empty of the courage to renounce that citizenship.

There is a decades-old libertarian motto that seems applicable: "freedom exists for those who choose it."

Absolutely nothing. But that's when patriotism was at an all-time high, hence the traitor comments.