As posted by CitizenshipSolutions.ca and suggested by JC for a post at Brock:
Jackie Bugnion and Roland Crim, Directors
American Citizens Abroad, Inc.
Nov. 23, 2014
Thank you, Mayor Boris Johnson, for Speaking for Many
The ending may not go down well for all. Part of the ending paragraph:
To all its Members, and indeed all Americans living overseas, American Citizens Abroad recommends strict observance of the law.
@the mom
Excellent! My story is almost identical:
95% of my life has been physically in Canada.
100% of my life I have been a Canadian citizen.
5% of my life has been physically in the US (left as a toddler).
0% of my life I have held a US passport.
0% of my parents’ lives were as US citizens.
0% of my education or work history was in the US.
100% of my education and work history has been in Canada.
0% of my life I have represented myself as a US citizen.
100% of my life I have represented myself as a Canadian citizen.
Allegiance to US: 0%
Benefit from the US: 0%
Tribute I will pay to US: 0%
Drag me off to court, IRS.
@The Mom
Lol! The more I know you, the more I like you.
@Bubblebustin, I think being born in the mid 60s rubbed off on me. I have a rebellious streak a kilometre wide! I was also taught to be a law-abiding skeptic, with a strong sense of right and wrong.
I actually wait, with anticipation, for correspondance with IRS demands. Rubbing my hands with glee, at the thought of my possible responses.
I’m glad to know that Ginny and I are not the only sh** disturbers around 😉
Looks like there’s a secret rebel army forming.
Power to the people!
Ah, the one-finger salute of the defiant!
@MonaLisa1776
Thanks for that analysis of the situation. I think the part of the problem is that people like us just don’t aren’t on the radar for anyone in the room when these rules are being made. I was wondering who Maseco served and found this description of their U.S. clients: “Most American clients – the bulk of whom worked in finance or in senior executive positions, were financially aware and saw their future in the US – wanted to keep their pensions and investments dollar-denominated and managed at ‘home’. This describes none of the ‘U.S. persons’ I know in the U.K. (some of whom are considered to be Canadian by everyone around them).
@Publiuis, ” This describes none of the ‘U.S. persons’ I know in the U.K. (some of whom are considered to be Canadian by everyone around them).”
Oui 😉
I want to play the percentage game too.
82% of my life has been physically spent in Canada.
18% of my life was physically spent in the US (green card holder only).
100% of my life I have been a Canadian citizen.
0% of my life I have been a US citizen.
0% of my life I have held a US passport (did not qualify for one).
100% of my parents’ lives were as Canadian citizens.
100% of my education and work history has been in Canada.
0% of my education or work history was in the US.
100% of my assets are in Canada and were acquired here.
Allegiance to US: 0%
Benefit from the US: 0% (do not qualify for SS)
Tribute I will pay to US: 0%
Drag me off to court, IRS.
@the Mom, and all
My percentages are a little more tainted with USness, but I am equally offended by all this. And I love my new life and country, and have lived here longer than there. As far as I know, holding people against their will for the prospect of economic gain is slavery. My Homelander friends are strangely silent, and the Democrats can only see fault in others, not themselves. So if I might climb on the bandwagon…
Allegiance to US 0%
Benefit from the US 0% (they can keep it)
Tribute I will pay to US 0%
Drag me off to court, IRS (you will pay more than you get)
Full court room. LOL
Potluck would be fun. In lieu of food, I’ll donate to ADCS. 🙂
@The Mom
My family would donate more to ADCS if I didn’t cook… the only one who eats my cooking is the baby… but the other kids say that the kid ain’t too bright… it eats dirt, too. Lol
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