Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 13, 2010 23:32 UTC (Mon) by DOT (subscriber, #58786)
In reply to: Citizen Linus by deepfire
Parent article: Citizen Linus

The guy is a pragmatist. None of that political crap. He probably became a citizen for the money.

Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 14, 2010 10:22 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

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').

Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 16, 2010 2:57 UTC (Thu) by thedevil (guest, #32913) [Link]

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.

Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 17, 2010 17:08 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954) [Link]

What money is there in being a US citizen? As opposed to being a US permanent resident, which is what Linus was before.