Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: the expat American’s perspective

“It’s safe to say that we will continue to see many US citizens who live abroad renouncing their US citizenships, possibly still in record-setting numbers.  This is not because they don’t love the USA, or because they are greedy tax evaders, but because they simply can’t afford the cost of compliance, which, as a result of FATCA, includes the inability to maintain bank and investment relationships abroad, and frequently, the need to pay tax to two governments on the same piece of income.  Indeed, it’s fair to say that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doesn’t really contain any positive changes for US expats.”

Read more: http://www.internationalinvestment.net/products/tax/donald-trumps-tax-cuts-jobs-act-expat-americans-perspective/

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Stossel: Silk Road’s Founder Is in Jail for Life, but the Dark Web Only Grows

“No American is safer because Ross Ulbricht is in jail for life. He is just one more casualty of our futile war against drugs.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/07/government-threw-silk-roads-founder-in-j/print

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‘Operation Candy Crush:’ Legality of Tennessee CBD raids is under question

“The 2016 Senate appropriations bill forbids the use of federal funds, which many law enforcement agencies receive and rely on, to prohibit the growing, processing or distribution of properly licensed industrial hemp.”

Read more: http://www.dnj.com/story/news/2018/02/14/illegal-unregulated-expert-says-rutherford-county-cbd-raids-may-have-broken-federal-law/338580002/

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Ron Paul: Mr. President, fire Jeff Sessions

“Former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind the Obama-era policy of non-interference in marijuana-friendly states.”

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The Internal Revenue Code Jumps The Shark

“This is serious business when a law is written as to be incomprehensible to 99%+ of the population.”

Read more: http://rubinontax.floridatax.com/2017/12/the-internal-revenue-code-jumps-shark.html

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Roving Bandit, Stationary Bandit, and Income Tax

“The rules run to thousands of pages, and tax experts themselves, including those employed by the tax collection agencies, cannot agree on the amount of tax liability associated with even a moderately complicated tax return.”

Read more: http://blog.independent.org/2018/02/13/roving-bandit-stationary-bandit-and-income-tax/

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America’s Punishing Worldwide Tax Scheme

“The good news is that the recently passed Republican tax reform package partially shifted the country to a territorial tax system. The bad news is that it only benefits companies.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/12/americas-punishing-worldwide-t

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The First Amendment Transcends the ‘Law’

“The officer who shot McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder.  Van Dyke’s lawyers sought to compel me to testify on the basis of their claim, for which they offered no evidence, that the source had given me documents protected under the Garrity rule, which protects public employees from being compelled to incriminate themselves during internal investigations conducted by their employers.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/07/laquan-mcdonald-case-first-amdendment/

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Close the Loophole Legalizing Union Violence

“Under so-called ‘legitimate’ circumstances, such as seeking higher wages, union members can potentially get away with slashing tires or detonating pipe bombs in order to coerce their opponents.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/close-the-loophole-legalizing-union-violence/

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Seattle ICE attorney charged with stealing immigrants’ identities

“Raphael A. Sanchez allegedly devised a plan to defraud several financial institutions by using their identities to obtain money and property over a four-year period between October 2013 to October 2017, according to the court documents filed Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/us/seattle-ice-attorney-charged/index.html

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