en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/348903 Comments by Bumr50 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/12/27/casino-mogul-wynn-confirms-report-of-attaining-monaco-citizenship-says-retaining-u-s-passport/#IDComment118389466 Related article over at Neal Boortz's site: There is a backlog, a waiting list, for people trying to give up their American citizenship and get the hell out of dodge. The reason? Taxes. Our system is so complicated and messy and burdensome that people are simply giving up. Particularly people with wealth, as the more they earn, the more complicated and burdensome the IRS becomes. At the US Embassy in London, there is a waiting list that none of the officials likes to discuss. On the list are Americans hoping to give up their citizenship, as they seek shelter from the Internal Revenue Service ... The backlog at the US Embassy, where no appointments are available until February, stems from a rise in the number of American expatriates living in the UK who have been seeking to escape paying US tax on their worldwide income and capital gains since the simplification of US tax laws in 2008 ... A few advantages are gained by forfeiting US citizenship, accountants say. Chief among them is that doing so widens one's investment choices. "It removes the possibility of a super-complicated life of having to juggle two different tax systems," says Alex Jones, a director at Deloitte, the professional services firm. "Being American presents you with a very particular and peculiar set of problems from a tax perspective and over the next few years, it could get worse for the wealthy," he adds. Imagine if just half of these people decided to stay in the United States. Imagine what their money could do in terms of investment, jobs, and spending. Instead we are losing them to places where their wealth will not be seen as a detriment to society. There is a well-researched solution that I guarantee you would not only keep all of these people, but would encourage even more people to come to the United States. That is the FairTax. All of those evil rich people who spend money, all of those evil corporations who create jobs, all of those middle class families who aren't getting their full paychecks because of our imperial tax system ... imagine not only retaining but attracting MORE of these people. That is a tax system that would re-energize this nation. Perhaps Barack Obama and the Democrats should take note. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:15:37 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/12/27/casino-mogul-wynn-confirms-report-of-attaining-monaco-citizenship-says-retaining-u-s-passport/#IDComment118389466 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/18/august-28-1993/#IDComment19246838 I beg to disagree. I think Bono has been pretty thoughtful about his commentary. And I think that you sound a bit deranged. Have you given the new album a listen? I think it's a great stride in a new direction. Perhaps not to everyone's taste, but then again, I liked Zooropa. Just because he's a humanitarian doesn't make him phony. Check yourself. And his marital life really isn't anyone's business. I'm SURE that he hasn't commented on anyone else's, including those on the right. I don't mean to come off yelly, but I think reactive comments such as some of those I see on this thread are detrimental to the conservative cause. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:31:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/18/august-28-1993/#IDComment19246838 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/12/top-5-time-travel-movies/#IDComment16841905 Does "The Thirteenth Floor" count as time travel? How about "Memento"? Or "The Foutain"? Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:53:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/12/top-5-time-travel-movies/#IDComment16841905