3 Democrats sound off on residence-based taxation. One surprise within a surprise

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4. I was extremely disappointed as well

I make decent money, but Germany is expensive to live in, and the paperwork for normal mortals is already overbearing. The lost time, accountants' fees, and huge tax burden (until the two sides can reach agreement) are punishing.

The evasive, de-facto "I don't know, and can't be bothered" answers of both Clinton and Sanders are insulting to the 99.9999% of us that are not billionaires, and don't have secret money stashed away in some offshore tax haven. I would have preferred to hear "you know, I am not informed enough on the subject to give you a coherent answer."

I know, I know, this is what politicians do. It's not new. Back in the Nixon era, when unfavorable press led Nixon to contemplate a government news channel (a young Roger Ailes was with him at the time, so you know where Fox Noise was germinated), so that the Nixon Administration could generate--and control--their own news. The Washington press was, understandably, appalled. My dad, a DC journalist, called up Mike Mansfield, who was the Democratic Senate Majority leader at the time, and no friend of Nixon's. Expecting him to denounce the suggestion as something akin to Göbbels' "Propagandaministerium," , my dad was shocked at Mansfield's response. He said that it was an interesting concept, and needed to be studied before giving an opinion. My dad was furious that Mansfield needed even a second to condemn the idea.