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In reply to the discussion: CLARENCE THOMAS BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTOR HARLAN CROW BOUGHT CITIZENSHIP IN ISLAND TAX HAVEN [View all]moniss
(8,212 posts)you do not know whether Crow committed tax fraud or did he game the legal system by constructing the matter in such a way as to comply with the laws of both countries. It doesn't stop him from being reprehensible for it but it doesn't automatically carry with it a legal finding of fraud. That is for investigators and courts to determine.
Who told you that you have to live in a particular country? You may want to and if you do you should obtain citizenship because that is now where you reside. People having vagabond citizenship because they want to have a personal relationship is silly, vain and selfish in the extreme. The idea that someone tries to float the ability to comply with all the requirements of citizenship of several countries all at the same time is nonsense. There are always going to be conflicts and the vagabond citizen can't split themselves into multiple little parts. There are things that are needs and things that are wants. A person doesn't need multi citizenship. They may want it for various reasons but the rest of the citizens of each country who don't play the "game" shouldn't be shouldering more of being a citizen than those who claim to be when it benefits them in a situation and switch when it doesn't.
As far as conducting your personal relationship with someone from another country I would simply say why should you make that personal desire something that becomes an issue for all the rest of the citizens of multiple countries to have to deal with and create special statutory constructs for you. Nobody is forcing you into the relationship. If you want to live there and date then meet the visa requirements or become a citizen and understand you are not two things at once. At the heart of it is the idea that there is a difference between being a visitor and a citizen. Those who want to make legal claim to the latter while behaving like the former and bounce back and forth between countries are simply doing so for personal convenience.
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