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by leoedin
3779 days ago
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You say this like other countries don't also offer those services. Almost every western country does, and none of them tax their citizens abroad. The UK embeds the cost of consular protection and embassy services into the renewal cost of a passport - approximately £15 in 2010, probably more now. It's an insurance payment that most people will never use, so it doesn't need to cost very much per person. Citizens of a number of countries can enter the US without a visa. They don't also have to fill out tax returns in the US. |
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This is certainly not limited to western countries, to underscore your point. Even India evacuated its citizens from Yemen, while the US did not. [1]
On that note, India also organized the largest-ever civilian airlift to evacuate tens of thousands of citizens from Kuwait during the Iraq invasion (1990). [2]
[1]: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/7/us-among-26-c...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_airlift_of_Indians_from_K...