For my youth, I always thought the tide would break and things would get better in the U.S., I am now 32 and the re-election of Donald Trump has caused me to completely give up on The United States politically. The U.S. seems hell bent on hanging on to global hegemony even at the cost of collapse rather than bring it down for a soft landing. I believe fascism is here, and it's only going to get worse as material conditions deteriorate and elites divert the rage of the masses against scapegoats such as immigrants and trans people.
Nursing is an in demand job on just about any government's web site. After the re-election of Donald Trump I enrolled in college in order to get a degree in nursing and leave this hell hole permanently. I am half way towards getting my associates degree.
I don't want my tax dollars to continue to be used for genocide, imperialism, mass surveillance, police brutality and corporate subsidies.
Part of me feels like I should stay and resist but I don't think I can stop the rising tide. I've watched friends and family become monsters despite my best efforts.
I do not feel safe in The United States and I believe that I need to leave as soon as possible for my family's as well as my own material well being.
As a compromise to my husband and mother I have chosen Canada, which I'm not happy about. But me and my husband have agreed that it is not forever, we chose Canada because of their ease of immigration and quick recognition of U.S. credentials, as well as there being no language barrier. From there we will search for our forever home. Right now escape and survival are our main concerns.
In my heart I would love to move to China, or Vietnam, but with the information I have it seems basically impossible as a U.S. citizen to do so.
I'm curious what your guy's thoughts are?
That only begins at 140,000 dollars or more of income. Plus, if you pay taxes overseas you credit the amount on your us taxes. I highly doubt OP is making more than 140,000 dollars while paying taxes abroad.
The IRS essentially doesn’t charge you unless you’re extraordinarily wealthy by working class standards.
So you don’t pay taxes to the US if living abroad, but you need to file them anyway because tax records are used for social security, verifying a person is alive, and where the person resides.
Yup and to add onto this, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion only applies to "earned income" which is wages, salaries, tips, and other payments you get from working. The exclusion doesn't cover "unearned income" which you'll still have to pay taxes on even if you've been unemployed all year. So interest, capital gains, scholarships, alimony, pensions, etc. are still taxed normally. OP probably doesn't have any of those right now but a lifetime is a long time and unless they revoke their citizenship, this tax burden will follow them to the grave.
Also they might owe state taxes too because sometimes just having a valid driver's license or being registered to vote is enough to count as having ties to a state.
I'm not their advisor, but if I were, I'd recommend tax evasion.