Posted Sep 14, 2010 10:22 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Citizen Linus by DOT
Parent article: Citizen Linus
Or... perhaps... because he has lived there for years and has children born there? You certainly wouldn't become a US citizen for the *money*, given what the IRS does tax-wise should you ever decide to live anywhere else (think 'double taxation').
Posted Sep 16, 2010 2:57 UTC (Thu) by thedevil (subscriber, #32913)
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AFAIK that only applies for income over 75K or so. (I was in that situation for a couple of years and I owed no US taxes.) So if your needs are modest it's not necessarily a showstopper.