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by british_india
3643 days ago
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It's amusing that you attempt to marginalize well-reasoned opinions you don't share by labeling their holder as having "anger". Finally, do you think it costs $30 to maintain a consulate? Just stop your whining: either renounce or pay your taxes. Finally, in a civilized society, when you encounter laws you don't like--you work to get them changed. Otherwise you're just a childish scofflaw--no different than the bank robber who complains about the laws against robbing banks. "emigrants like me can have a backup plan"--not sure if you meant this as a joke, as it entirely undercuts all your arguments. If you want a backup plan--you gotta pay for it. You could have just as well gone to Somalia as Sweden--so the unlikelihood of war there is not germane to the conversation. Whiner. |
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I'll answer your question by quoting you: "Duh, no."
That's the cost spread across all the citizens with a passport for the extra citizen services which aren't included in the normal fees. There are 15M passports issued every year, so that's $750M each year. How much money do you think is needed?
I say "extra services" because there's no reason a passport fee should include the business promotion services of an embassy. There's no reason a passport fee should include the cost of the treaty negotiations and government-to-government liaison. There's no reason it should include the fees already captured elsewhere, like visa application fees or passport renewal fees. Nor is there a reason that a passport fee should include for paying for espionage done by the embassy.
It's amusing that you attempt to respond to my criticism by not understanding it.
I may be a whiner, but you are a liar if you call me a criminal. I pay $600/year in accounting fees to provide the necessary paperwork to the US to prove I owe them nothing. In addition to the taxes I pay the Swedish government.
Moreover, because I live in Sweden, my income and taxes is public information, so you can verify it for yourself if you think I'm lying.