U.s. election expat vote.
- 16 July 2012 11:12183084seems wrong to me that people who have chosen to live overseas can have a say in the elections in their country of birth.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/battle-for-250000-votes-is-joined-in-the-51st-state-of-america-they-call-britain-7945449.html - 16 July 2012 11:21183086What is it they don't say? "No representation without taxation!"
I am sure US citizens resident overseas still pay their 'fair' share to the IRS.
So true...
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=97324,00.html/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 16 July 2012 11:55183087Didnt we have the same situation with the French in the recent election, there is so much of a French vote here that even Francois Hollande himself came here to woo the voter. Some nationals take more of a home grown interest than others...Americans come to mind in particular. I dont know about you but if I was champagning it on the Cote D-Azur on a permanent basis, i wouldnt be too concerned about who was getting elected in Dublin South.
I imagine the Brits are the same.
Not sure how taxing overseas earnings would work re the US system mentioned. The inland Revenue here are interested in all our overseas earnings, but unless these Americans have assets at home surely they would just be taxed under the British system.email: dover7@msn.com - 16 July 2012 11:58183088Oh, they are taxed under the British system TOO!Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 16 July 2012 12:15183091But my point Tom is they surely cant pay tax twice. I cant see how that would work...if they dont have assets in the US then they surely cant be taxed on UK earnings if permanently resident here. If on the other hand they are temporarily seconded here, say working at the US Embassy or similar, but still with a main home in the US, then that would be different of course.
Although, one must say, the tax system everywhere is a source of permanent bewilderment.
email: dover7@msn.com - 16 July 2012 12:48183094The opening paragraph under the link I give above (#2) states...
"If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside."
There is some assistance...
http://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/expat-taxes-explained-filing-taxes-as-american-uk/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 16 July 2012 14:04183098assistance tom?
i am more confused after reading that. - 16 July 2012 14:30183103Comparison of US federal taxation on US resident & non-resident and non-resident alien...
http://renunciationguide.com/Residents-Non-Resident-Citizens-and-Non-Citizens.html
Presumably the wage-slips of the US citizen working here tell the same sorry tale as for the UK 'citizen'.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 29 July 2012 08:03185238The US Presidential Candidate for the Republican Party Mick Romney was received
and greeted to the UK by his political allies at No 10.on his tour of countries in the run
up to the US election for President in Nov.
The tour is intended to improve his `Statesman like`image worldwide...his Statesman
like gaffe on this trip was to tell our Prime Minister the UK was not in readiness for the
Olympics....on the eve of the Olympics.....
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29 July 2012 08:13185240I dont have a problem with campaigning abroad, the same thing happens in uk elections where brits abroad could vote if they wished.
my problem would be, how close has the failed prime minister been involved in the republican campaign.
whilst they may well both come from the right beliefs, cameran/obama could be affected when romney losesALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Brian Dixon
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29 July 2012 09:18185249who are we to judge,weather the chap is a moron or not.as for the us elections well i couldnt care less who wins,and will get the same result in the end who ever gets in.
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29 July 2012 09:30185257in world affairs could make a differenceALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 29 July 2012 09:36185259the legendary sprinter carl lewis said that people like romney should never be let out of the states as they make fools of themselves wherever they go.
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29 July 2012 09:37185260not in this case kieth,world police and all that. - 29 July 2012 15:02185284Super conservative Mitt Romney's visit coincided with the worlds media being here for the Olympics. Unfortunately for him, prior to arriving on these shores, he bungled it at the eleventh hour on American TV, by making uninformed criticisms. These statements of Olympian concern were made in an effort to create the impression that he actually knows what is going on..as in general terms these guys know nothing at all about the UK or indeed most foreign nations. American politicians as a rule are navel gazers.
They make these visits in order to appear at one with large sections of the voting communities at home..always nice to be seen in the UK where they have all those nice red soldiers and nice old castles...and even a queen or two! Nice to be seen in Israel too as all that Jewish vote and Jewish dollar support is not to be sniffed at. Sniffff snifff!
And now.....Here's Mitt...
The bizarre thing at the moment is that Mitt seems to be running very close to Barack Obama in the polls and could spring a surprise. The contest for the White House has entered its last 100 days so the heat is on..hence these foreign trips. But Mitt alas alas never looks quite so assured as Barack...appearing lately to be extremely bungle and gaff prone. These foreign trips shows their weaknesses. Mr Obama himself was considered weak on foreign policy, he improved in office, but nevertheless under his Democrat realm we have seen a pulling in of american horns on the world stage...sadly...when we could have used more help in Libya, and Syria is crying out for it currently. Why should they be the worlds police??...I dont know, but they always were.
The Republicans ( Romney in this case ) were always a tad more 'gung ho' in their foreign policy and I suppose we all benefitted. This time around however I am putting my money on more of the same, on Barack Obama for a second term, but it's going to be close.email: dover7@msn.com - 29 July 2012 15:26185290america only polices its own interests, as they are involved business wise in most countries it seems that they are acting as peace makers.
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29 July 2012 17:12185309obama got off to a great start, got through the honeymoon period, then had a few stumbles but is now looking strong again
with the republicans fighting each other and admitting they didnt want romney, now hes trying to convince people hes the guy
but comes across as not so trusting on the world stage and at homeALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 30 July 2012 07:27185361It seems Mitt Romney has walked into yet more controversy, but this time of a more serious nature. The presidential candidate is visiting Israel..and in a speech last night backed Israel's right to attack Irans nuclear installations. His words show a total lack of sensitivity in a powder keg region but as said in post 15 he has his eye on the Jewish vote at home and in the shorter term the headlines on NBC. And what was it we were saying in post 15 about gung ho Republicanism. Here you have it folks..
But has Mitt got the gaff proof sensitivity needed to be a US President...??email: dover7@msn.com - 30 July 2012 09:42185369reagan was hardly a great diplomat and had as much knowledge of world affairs as romney seems to have.
- 30 July 2012 10:03185371Judge Reagan by his successes, restoring America's self belief after Vietnam and winning the Cold War being two prime examples. The 'great communicator' was one of the greatest US Presidents of the 20th Century.
