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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:51 AM Jan 2015

Millionaire Renounces US Citizenship To Dodge Taxes, Whines When He Can’t Come Back [View all]

Roger Ver is your typical free-loading libertarian millionaire: Loved all the perks he got from living in the United States, didn’t think he should pay for them. In fact, he was so incensed at the idea of having to pay taxes on his millions – that he totally earned in a complete vacuum having nothing to do with the infrastructure created by the tyrannical government – that in 2014, he renounced his citizenship and ran off to live in St. Kitts, a tropical island with almost no taxes.

Except now he’s upset because the US won’t let him back in:

Ver complains that the decision has forced him to miss speaking appointments at conferences and that the US embassy in Barbados refused to even consider the evidence for his application.

The official reasoning behind Ver’s rejection is that he doesn’t have sufficient “ties” to his country of residency in the Caribbean and has not demonstrated he has “the ties that will compel [him] to return to your home country after your travel to the United States,” according to a picture he tweeted of a letter that appears to be from the embassy.

In short, US officials are worried that Ver might choose to stay in his native country illegally.


Ver is known as “Bitcoin Jesus” because he fetishsizes the cryptocurrency that he’s hoping will overthrow the evil tyrannical government. Of course, like all libertarians, Ver doesn’t really care what happens to all the people not already rolling in bitcoins because he got his, so to the hell with them. The most annoying part of his hypocrisy? Ver worships a virtual currency that literally only exists because the United States government he loathes so much spent millions of taxpayer dollars to develop the internet that Bitcoin cannot exist without. What a complete and utter tosser.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/12/millionaire-renounces-us-citizenship-to-dodge-taxes-whines-when-he-cant-come-back/
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tag belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #1
Lol. tammywammy Jan 2015 #2
LOL Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #3
Karma. nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #4
'Libertarianism' is Juvenile earthside Jan 2015 #5
^^^ this^^^ BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #31
Yes, well said. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #53
Indeed. byronius Jan 2015 #56
. . . . more like economic and political annabanana Jan 2015 #89
I like the definition that Iain Banks wrote Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2015 #99
+1000 nt Javaman Jan 2015 #104
What kind of cheese does he want with that whine? hobbit709 Jan 2015 #6
+ 1 n/t ejbr Jan 2015 #103
Haw-haw. n/t FSogol Jan 2015 #7
... geardaddy Jan 2015 #39
I hope this is a recent pic of him... Contrary1 Jan 2015 #44
all the pics I saw indicate that photo is fairly recent. niyad Jan 2015 #84
Tee hee. Borchkins Jan 2015 #8
Galt's Gulch getting too lonely for you, Randian uber-mensch? phantom power Jan 2015 #9
.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #32
This fits here too JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #10
The devil has pretty good abs there. He must work out a lot. tclambert Jan 2015 #55
Tim Curry - via the movie Legend! JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #60
Indeed. Hard to say which is worse, eternal fire or eternal rice cake diet. nt SunSeeker Jan 2015 #68
That's awesome Renew Deal Jan 2015 #11
too many jokes... phantom power Jan 2015 #13
Recommended +1000 n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #12
BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!111! MohRokTah Jan 2015 #14
^^^^This^^^^ sheshe2 Jan 2015 #86
He needs to get fluent in tele-conference like Snowden has. LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #15
If only the right-wingers realized who the real looters and welfare queens are. They sure brewens Jan 2015 #16
na na na na VA_Jill Jan 2015 #17
That's the price of renouncing citizenship treestar Jan 2015 #18
Why does Roger Ver hate America? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #19
f**k him, seriously. these people have no sense of shame whatsoever, they're pigs and takers. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #20
And don't forget - lazy moochers. calimary Jan 2015 #62
+100. i hope many more people start saying the same thing. F**K them all. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #93
Oh man, almost forgot! Welcome to DU, ND-Dem! calimary Jan 2015 #96
Thank you. I look back to the 60s-70s and then to today and wonder what the hell happened. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #97
LOL keep this trash out of the US. Historic NY Jan 2015 #21
The consummate free rider they're all so worried about. Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #22
BTW, Mr. Ver, you are also no longer allowed to make campaign contributions to U.S. candidates. Jim Lane Jan 2015 #23
unlimited dough to 501cs tho elehhhhna Jan 2015 #29
Good point, and he has given money to Ron Paul amongst others. Renew Deal Jan 2015 #36
Poor baby! n2doc Jan 2015 #24
Maybe Somalia will take him - TBF Jan 2015 #25
Karma is the first thing that comes to my mind Peacetrain Jan 2015 #26
The first thing to my mind involved a petard JHB Jan 2015 #101
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #27
Wonder if they will do likewise to Tina Turner....? MADem Jan 2015 #28
Apparently she has strong ties to Switzerland MrScorpio Jan 2015 #33
Yeah, it's really not the same deal at all...nt MADem Jan 2015 #43
He might be a terrorist: put him on the no-fly list. eom Bad Thoughts Jan 2015 #30
+100 - might? pretty much certain ! (nt) reACTIONary Jan 2015 #82
This is great Gothmog Jan 2015 #34
idiot. you lol jackass elehhhhna Jan 2015 #35
He has citizenship in St. Kitts Sgent Jan 2015 #37
i know , edited elehhhhna Jan 2015 #40
I always hope this is the fate of daredtowork Jan 2015 #38
Schadenfreude! He should have known better. Democrats_win Jan 2015 #41
Silly man. One has to be a billionaire to get away with shit like that. hunter Jan 2015 #42
Wah! I want my mommy. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #45
Good - none of them should EVER, EVER be allowed back in. dbackjon Jan 2015 #46
They should let him in, stop him in traffic, and seize his assets Orrex Jan 2015 #47
Libertarians need to go live off-grid in the wilderness to see ErikJ Jan 2015 #48
good irisblue Jan 2015 #49
Fuck him! Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #50
Go to hell. These libertarians want all the rights without ANY responsibility. Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #51
Lol Pooka Fey Jan 2015 #52
I don't think it should be a problem for him genxlib Jan 2015 #54
Ruh Roh, some poor little rich boy has a sad... 2naSalit Jan 2015 #57
His whaaambulance has arrived... SunSeeker Jan 2015 #69
Is it possible to laugh yourself to death? Brigid Jan 2015 #58
There is the double-taxation issue JonLP24 Jan 2015 #59
Double taxation sucks DFW Jan 2015 #95
Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish perdita9 Jan 2015 #61
Hahaha. ck4829 Jan 2015 #63
My sympathies for the plight of downtrodden millionaires is limited. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #64
This looks like a good crusade for FUX(tm) News! rurallib Jan 2015 #65
too bad El Shaman Jan 2015 #66
Hey Mr. Businessman, you get what you pay for. rickford66 Jan 2015 #67
It troubles me that in this day and age...... DeSwiss Jan 2015 #70
Someone thought he was too smart to need a lawyer Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #71
What a pity. ChazInAz Jan 2015 #72
Didn't take him long.. to realize what a poor choice he made. Too bad about the no re-entrance. Cha Jan 2015 #73
Bye! TNNurse Jan 2015 #74
Good. EEO Jan 2015 #75
Karma is a bitch! TRoN33 Jan 2015 #76
meh I'm a Libertarian since high school. basically now because of the tea party PatrynXX Jan 2015 #77
The tea party is not libertarian, nor very favored by most of them. braddy Jan 2015 #78
I totally agree with the government. Anyone that hates America so much that they OregonBlue Jan 2015 #79
Goodie. I hope they keep his fucking ass out for fucking ever! lonestarnot Jan 2015 #80
this makes me happy JI7 Jan 2015 #81
ooops niyad Jan 2015 #83
So, he gave the US a giant middle finger and left and now he wants to be able to come back cstanleytech Jan 2015 #85
He can just look into a camera and hire someone here to walk around with his face on a screen. NBachers Jan 2015 #87
We Should Turn Our Back to Him eom LarryNM Jan 2015 #88
Door, ass, etc... Bobbie Jo Jan 2015 #90
The audacity blows my mind! nt elias49 Jan 2015 #91
It may not be audacity as we know it. lpbk2713 Jan 2015 #94
As Grumpy Cat aez-- eridani Jan 2015 #92
When you take Libertarian ideals to their logical conclusions.... ca3799 Jan 2015 #98
K&R! This post has hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #100
Ver... Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #102
Wait a sec... I thought the right-wingers wanted us to be tough on immigration? Glassunion Jan 2015 #105
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