The laws of each state determine who is a citizen and therefore, who it will protect. The Michigan Law Review 83 (1984) deals with the problem of dual nationality and how Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (1981) arbitrated claims by dual Iranian-Americans citizens, in their attempt to recover lost property. Iran claimed the duals as Iranian and therefore, under the doctrine of state nonresponsibility, as having no right to reparations, i.e., no right to the protection of the United States.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
The American In Canada – Transition Financial
This is cross posted from the Renounceuscitizenship site.
Last week, I came across the 2008 edition of the following book:
The American in Canada by Canada by T. Ritchie of Transition Financial. As you can see it is available from Amazon.com and from the author’s site. Since the summer 0f 2011 I have been learning more and more about the problems of being a U.S. citizen and living outside the United States. This book focuses on the experience of being an American in Canada. As a result not all the information will be applicable to those of you living in the rest of the world. Continue reading
Taxpayer Advocate vs. The IRS – It’s a question of trust
This is cross posted from the RenounceUScitizenship blog.
This post should be read with a previous post: “The taxpayer, the IRS and the “professionals” – where to go from here“. This post will suggest why, given the IRS shift in policy on March 1, 2011 lawyers had difficulty advising clients whether to enter OVDI (2011). With the exception of the most extreme cases (clear tax evasion at one end vs. Ambassador Jacobson’s 70 year old Gramma at the other), lawyers neither trusted nor understood the IRS. They could not. This post will suggest why. At the outset, it is important to recognize that “hindsight is always twenty twenty” and during the desperate summer of 2011, nobody had the benefit of hindsight.
The facts and issues are summarized by the conclusion of Taxpayer Advocates directive to the IRS on August 16, 2011: Continue reading
The War of 1812 is Canada's Fourth of July
The 1812 overture: Making the most of a forgotten war (The Economist)
The forthcoming celebration of 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 shows that Canadians view their repulsion of the United States military invasion as their own Declaration of Independence from United States’ tyranny. James Fallows, don’t you approve of our patriotism?
Isaac Brock gave his life to protect Canada. What are we willing to give?
Hat tip: Just Me
Scotiabank and FATCA
Hat tip: johnpg
A Loyalty Test?
As I was reading Peter Spiro’s excellent article this morning (many thanks to Just Me for this one) and after I had written my own post on recent Dutch efforts to restrict dual citizenship, I had a new (for me anyway) insight into this debate we are having with the home country.
Two new articles on FATCA
Just Me sent me the following two notes:
New Goal for REPEAL FATCA Petition
In case any of you would like to join this effort and haven’t come across this …
http://www.signon.org/sign/repeal-fatca?source=c.em.cp&r_by=188650
Repeal FATCA
By Rami Schandall (Contact)
To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives and President Barack Obama
Status Report at the milestone of 15,000 views
Petros provides a recap of the progress of isaacbrocksociety.com since its official launch on December 12, 2011. (Warning to readers: What follows resembles a high school pep talk!)
Jimmy Carter Redux: The presidential pardon as the constitutional solution to the FBAR madness
In looking back to President Carter’s amnesty of Viet Nam War draft dodgers, I have a profound sense that he made the right decision. His presidential pardon set free hundreds of thousands from the fear of prosecution. Andrew Glass at the Politico wrote the following: