I don't know what party or political philosophy Edwardo Severin hails as his own, but, I do know he likes money and the opportunity to obtain it. The USA provided him that opportunity and now he wants to seek an advantage over that opportunity and forget about everyone else that seeks support for their government for that reason.
By Shawn Hess · May 16, 2012
...You might recall last Friday (click here) when we reported on Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Eduardo attended Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg and helped Facebook arrange for much of the financing that got it to where it is today. Before the social network site really took off, Eduardo was forced out of the loop, but some years later he filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and others involved in the creation of the site and won a sizable settlement along with a 4% share of the company....
Everyone can state this is all about politics, but, I sincerely think it is about $67 million US. Besides that Liberals have been called Un-American for as long as I can remember even though I don't recall any one of them making off with $67 million US.
Where this gets really, really ludicrous is to realize Severin would not even have his share of Facebook if he didn't access the USA Judicial System. Severin's ownership cost the USA Taxpayer plenty and we want what we are entitled to.
As a man of an ethnic decent he is proud of, he might want to return to his homeland and seek to improve things there, but, that is best done by a foundation in his name or his parents name or something protected by US laws to provide that opportunity. So, if he thinks his personal wealth is more important than paying the government, he is sadly mistake. Perhaps, all the new millionaires at Facebook sincerely need some council to achieve their goals, personal or otherwise. I would not be so hasty to leave the country if I were Severins, but, then again he might be finished with fame and fortune.
Perhaps the argument that the TRUE Un-Americans reside in the Conservative Philosophy would be best understood by an article that believes Liberals are not Un-American, but, Punitive-Liberals. This one is a real eye opener. I explains itself quite well.
MAY 17, 2012 IN LIBERALS
It was James Piereson, (click here) author of the splendid book Camelot
and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered
American Liberalism, who I think first came up with the
phrase “punitive liberalism.” It’s a perfect description for the
post-sixties liberalism that abandoned growth for limits, opportunity for
entitlement, the rule of law for retribution, and whose egalitarianism—reasonable
within limits—has degenerated into pure envy and resentment.
Nothing makes this more clear than the reaction of Democrats
today to the news about Eduardo Severin, the Facebook co-founder who renounced
his U.S. citizenship last fall in favor of low-tax Singapore. Sen. Chuck
Schumer, who, it should be noted, is the chief protector of the 15 percent tax
rate for “carried interest” beloved of New York hedge fund managers, is
outraged that he won’t be able to pick all of Severin’s pockets. He’s
proposing a law to make it difficult to renounce citizenship without paying maximum
taxes to the U.S. and adds the twist that if someone does escape out tax net,
he or she can be barred from ever returning to the United States, even as a
visitor. How’s that for punitive liberalism?...
All I have to say is; when conservatives need a bailout they are really happy Liberals have been punitive!
All I have to say is; when conservatives need a bailout they are really happy Liberals have been punitive!
