General Discussion

I explained that for me to donate to him, I had to earn four times that amount in gross salary to be able to do it. He of course, had no idea, etc etc., so I asked him if he even know how many Americans Abroad there were, and he guessed 250,000 to 300,000. There might even be 200,000 Americans abroad from Ohio alone (and probably a quarter of them in Canada). Estimates range from 5 million to over 9 million, with 9 million closer to the true number. I asked him that if he got re-elected, if he would look at legislation making RBT the law of the land? He said he would look into it, and dropped the subject. I could tell he didn't give a rat's ass, and that's OK if he had other priorities, but I would have appreciated a little candor here. "Look, I have more urgent issues on my mind for now, and to be honest with you, it will have to take a back seat, etc. etc." There are exactly two countries left on earth that do NOT recognize residence-based taxation (RBT). They are Eritrea and the USA. I told him, if you want me to contribute 8% of my gross income to your campaign, can't I get the courtesy of being heard on how to reduce the burden a little? Of 9 million Americans Abroad, there might be 5 million of voting age, and of those, probably 2 million voting Democrats. Is THAT a donor base you can safely choose to ignore? Well, apparently so. As much as I'd love to see Vance's old seat flipped, and Brown back in it, Jon Ossoff's seat has a higher priority for me right now.