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FfsThe national debt will never be "paid". All the gov does is to issue new debt in the amount of any that matures. Ie: old debt gets "paid" with new debt. If the gov actually tried paying it off, we'd be bankrupt virtually overnight.
Only for what they have incurred liability for. Not everyone incurs liability.
Add up the cost of government, divide by the number of people in the nation and send 'em all a bill for that amount.what, I said 10%, across the board, everyone pays the same......oh wait you said dollar amount.......
So how much would you say as a proper $ dollar amount? per person?
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A monthās paid vacation time. Wine at lunchtime on a Tuesday. No tipping needed.
In Kacie Rose Burnsā most popular video, the influencer runs through some of the biggest culture shocks sheās experienced since upping sticks from the US to Italy.
Burnsā TikTok ā viewed 19.8 million times ā is flooded with comments ranging from disbelief, envy and approval.
Thereās one comment ā liked 34,800 times ā that maybe sums it all up:
āI think the American dream is to leave America.ā
It comes as no surprise to me. I watch Japanese youtubers and they show how cheap houses are there, how cheap transporation is, how cheap food is. We live in the age of the Internet and it's becoming abundantly clear that you can live a higher quality of life with a lower cost of living in many other countries compared to the USA.
I have a question.
Our southern border has like no security. Tens of millions of illegals have crossed the border and more cross into this country every day. It would be quite accurate to describe the USA as the easiest country to enter, out of all countries in the world. It's the easiest to enter the USA.
However the USA is one of the most difficult to leave. If a poor wants to renounce their USA citizenship, they have to go to a USA consul's office and pay a fee of $2,350.
However if they have a net worth of more than 2 million dollars, the USA imposes an "exit fee" that applies a larger amount of tax in order to renounce your citizenship.
And I'm sure that the IRS and Feds will be looking you up for years to come, hoping to tax anything else they can find.
Youtuber Louis Rossman has an ongoing saga of videos relating to moving out of NY and how the NYS government keeps looking him up years later trying to tax him again.
So my question:
Is the USA a roach motel? Because it sure seems like one.