| Ultra-conservative? Not by a long shot. I was a Ted Cruz backer and Trump to me is as bad as Clinton. Trump isn't conservative. He's a big government populist. Completely different despite him having an 'R' next to his name. He is about as close to Cruz as Sanders was to Clinton (in terms of policy philosophy.) By the way, I understand downvotes because I mentioned Cruz in a positive way, however let's keep in mind that we can disagree with economic philosophy and role of government and still be friends! I want a flat tax and a repeal of FATCA and Cruz was the only candidate that supported that. If some Democrat comes along with that proposal, they'd get my vote too. FATCA and it's unintended consequences have caused serious harm to many Americans overseas, so that was my primary issue this election. The only reason I support the RNC this election is because they have FATCA repeal in the platform while the Democrat side both enacted FATCA as wel as expressed support for continuing it. Here's an article that delves deeper into FATCA if anyone is interested: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21605911... |
If a candidate had proposed to switch to only taxing US residents, plus apply some international pressure to close down tax havens, then I could see the point of repealing FATCA.