By MINA, This story may unnerve you… It’s the story of how Eritrea, a small, mostly unheard-of country in East Africa, and the United States, do the same awful thing. Nearly every country in the world bases its tax system on residency rather than citizenship. If you’re an Italian citizen, and you leave Italy to […]
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By Jethro Mullen | for CNN Money, The number of citizens and long-term residents cutting their official ties to Uncle Sam jumped more than 20% last year to 4,279, according to a CNNMoney analysis of the latest government data. It’s a trend that’s been increasing in recent years. Many of those severing links are Americans […]
Continue ReadingBy The Isaac Brock Society, ONLY one week after ushering-in FATCA on Canada Day, Canada’s government is warning the Eritrean consulate to stop harassing Eritrean-Canadians or risk closure of its consulate. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird made the announcement today in Ottawa. Fair enough to say that this is certainly one of the most egregiously hypocritical moves […]
Continue ReadingThe real question Ottawa must now answer is this: If Eritrea’s 2 % Diaspora Tax is such an egregious example of extra-territorial tax oppression, how does the U.S. escape the same treatment? Yes, we all know what the answer is. By Don Whiteley, HOW nice to see Canada taking a very hard line with the government of Eritrea […]
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