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The Curious Case Of The Accidental American Taxpayer

By Michael DeBlis (September 26, 2018, 1:58 PM EDT) -- In general, the U.S. government primarily imposes its laws and policies on those who live in the U.S. or are otherwise closely associated with the goings-on there. This is, of course, as it should be — despite the occasional propensity of the government to stick its nose where it doesn't belong, the U.S. does not actually have the right to govern the citizens of other nations — but what about those citizens of the U.S. who never asked to be or wanted to be? These people, referred to colloquially as accidental Americans, frequently find themselves between a rock and a hard place, particularly at tax time....

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