Re:On Receiving my Certificate of Loss of Nationality
by arcticbull on Thursday October 14, 2021 @04:47PM
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Humorously enough, it was actually brought in as a way of punishing deserters in the civil war. [1]
> Civil War lawmakers were clearly suspicious of Americans who chose to live overseas, especially during the nation's most desperate hour. In his fascinating study of citizenship-based taxation, Kirsch offers a particularly apt quote from one Union lawmaker: "If a man draws his income from our public debt, or from property here, and resides in Paris, skulking away from contributing his personal support to the Government in this day of its extremity, he ought to pay a higher income tax."3
> Civil War lawmakers were clearly suspicious of Americans who chose to live overseas, especially during the nation's most desperate hour. In his fascinating study of citizenship-based taxation, Kirsch offers a particularly apt quote from one Union lawmaker: "If a man draws his income from our public debt, or from property here, and resides in Paris, skulking away from contributing his personal support to the Government in this day of its extremity, he ought to pay a higher income tax."3
[1] http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/3AF72D29CA...