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On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:03:33PM +0100, antlists wrote: |
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> On 28/08/2020 19:10, james wrote: |
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> > A council member, from say England, could manage how 1/2 of what they |
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> > raise is spent. It could even "english centric" but must comply with USA |
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> > IRS standards. Our council could be expanded to many members, from other |
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> > countries, with a centic goal of spending Gentoo funds |
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> WHY? As a Brit I wouldn't want to touch the Americal Legal System with a |
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> barge pole!!! |
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> > Truly, there is no other globally recognized tax system |
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> > like the USA-IRS (bad ass && world class open). That's why in times of |
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> > trouble, entrepreneurs world wide flock to the "dollar". Also, being in |
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> > elite standing with the USA-IRS opens many door doors to enhance and |
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> > promote and deploy GENTOO globally. |
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> And as a Brit, while HMRC may be a pain, I have precious little to do with |
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> them. My employer deals with them, and at the end of the year I occasionally |
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> get a letter saying I've overpaid my taxes and here's some money back. Do I |
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> REALLY want to get involved with some foreign system that's WAY more |
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> complicated? |
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> Get rid of your rose-tinted spectacles. For the MAJORITY of Brits, our tax |
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> system is way less complicated than yours. You'd be better off moving the |
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> foundation to somewhere that doesn't have your insane mix of state and |
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> federal taxes, and doesn't offload the responsibility onto people who don't |
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> understand the system. |
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Also as a Brit (West Yorkshireman), I concur one-hundred percent. The I.R.S. |
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taxation system may be "globally recognised" in the sense that America is the |
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only country on Earth, but in actuality, I remain gravely dubious that managing |
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a U.S.-bound organisation from an "English-centric" perspective would serve any |
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advantage whatsoever. |
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Especially considering most Americans do not understand the system (the |
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readability of the I.R.S. tax code has been under scrutiny for a long time), I |
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wouldn't want to place the burden of conferring with such a convoluted system on |
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anyone. |
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