I saw some posts about american wanting to move to Europe; so just before you guys make the move, double-triple check insurances/banks, because literally every time I (not american) do smth financially related in France, they ask me if I am american? If yes, they won’t even open accounts/ give me insurance etc… Sounds discriminatory but apperently because legal

I dont know if that expands to any other field

EDIT: lol i am now wondering what are people are downvoting for? You dont like that fact, so you downvote whoever told you that fact? Some reactions are hilarious

  • th3dogcow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    1 day ago

    Financial institutions in Japan ask the same thing. It is because Americans have to pay tax to American even when they don’t live in America. It just means there is more paperwork apparently.

    • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
      362·
      1 day ago

      Yup, I had no idea how fucked you guys were with the taxes thing until I learned you had to declare it twice if living abroad

        • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
          111·
          1 day ago

          It’s not that funny tbh, they’re people being treated poorly by their government

          • myplacedk@lemmy.world
            42·
            15 hours ago

            And yet they keep voting for anyone that likes to treat people poorly. I don’t know what to think anymore.

            • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
              2·
              4 hours ago

              That’s a really hasty (hazy?) generalization of the US. The 50501 riots should tell you that a large fraction of Americans are not for this, but their heavily gerrymandered voting system shackles them to it