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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>A 2nd or 3rd Passport -- Your Way to Save What Freedom You Have Left</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">If you see the state's point of<br>
view, a second or third passport --<br>
multiple citizenship -- is at best untidy<br>
and at worst a menace. Officials<br>
in most all Big Brother (BB) states<br>
would prefer you to be born, live,<br>
work, pay taxes, draw benefits and<br>
die in the same place, travel on one<br>
passport only, and bequeath only one<br>
nationality to your offspring. In<br>
wartime the state has a unique call<br>
on your loyaltyZand perhaps your<br>
life. Citizenship is the glue keeping<br>
individual and state together. Tamper<br>
with it, and the relationship comes<br>
unstuck so think the bureaucrats.<br>
But life is more complicated<br>
than BB presents it. In EW's opinion<br>
loyalty to political entities need not<br>
be exclusive: indeed, it often overlaps.<br>
Many Jews hold Israeli passports<br>
in solidarity with the Jewish<br>
state (and as an insurance policy),<br>
alongside citizenship of their native<br>
country. More Irish Americans hold<br>
dual Irish/American passports than<br>
live on the Island of Ireland. The<br>
Teutons may be proud to be simultaneously<br>
Bavarian, German and European.<br>
Irish citizens can vote in<br>
British elections. The old notion of<br>
one-man, one-state citizenship looks<br>
outdated: more than 200 million people<br>
(expats) now live and work outside<br>
the countries in which they were<br>
bornZbut still often wish to travel<br>
home, or marry or invest there.<br>
The response by states who<br>
try to enforce political protectionism<br>
by forcing citizens to choose one nationality<br>
only, or hampering their<br>
right to multiple passports is wrong.<br>
In today's world this seems an odd<br>
approach, given that citizenship is so<br>
easily acquired. In some countries it<br>
is, in effect, on sale. In others, such<br>
as America, it may be an accident of<br>
birth, with no conscious choice involved.<br>
Rather than making a fetish<br>
out of passports, a better approach<br>
would be to use residence (especially<br>
tax residence) as the main criterion<br>
for an individual¡¯s rights and responsibilities.<br>
That encourages cohesion<br>
and commitment, because it stems<br>
from a conscious decision to live in<br>
a country and abide by its rules. The<br>
world is gradually moving in this direction.<br>
But many states (mostly<br>
poor and ill-run) resist the trend and<br>
some rich democracies like the<br>
Netherlands and Germany are trying<br>
to curb it, offering a variety of excuses.<br>
One often hears of the worry by Big<br>
Brother of the security of the state.<br>
This seems out of date in modern<br>
countries. Citizenship mattered in<br>
the days when defense relied on conscription.<br>
But modern warfare does<br>
not require armies of ill-trained conscripts<br>
as the USA has finally realized<br>
by with drawing troops and<br>
using drones and electronic means to<br>
kill and capture enemies of the state.<br>
Few countries now rely on mandatory<br>
military service and those that<br>
do are mostly winding down the<br>
draft. Citizenship is no guarantee of<br>
loyalty: history¡¯s worst traitors have<br>
been true-born citizens. Many of<br>
those ready to fight most enthusias-<br>
tically for a flag will have gone<br>
through hell to get to their country.<br>
That leaves a host of political<br>
and financial problems that governments<br>
associate with<br>
non-citizens: they sometimes dodge<br>
taxes, grab benefits or retain retrograde<br>
habits from their countries of<br>
origin. Yes, they sometimes do. But<br>
countries that want to clamp down<br>
on tax evasion, protect their national<br>
language, or deter such foreign customs<br>
as forced marriage, can do so<br>
through specific laws tailored to<br>
these ends, rather than relying on the<br>
symbolic power of citizenship.<br>
America¡¯s policy of taxing<br>
its citizens wherever they live seems<br>
an especially perverse use of laws<br>
that protect its "investment" in US<br>
citizens even if they carry dual nationality,<br>
which is permitted but not<br>
condone by US citizens.<br>
There is much more equality<br>
in this benefit to most nations if residency<br>
is considered the key. Live<br>
and pay your taxes in a country you<br>
choose to live and/or work in. In<br>
kind, you should then be treated in<br>
the same way as any other resident,<br>
and better than a citizen who has<br>
lived overseas and not paid up.<br>
VOTING -- The thorniest problem<br>
for a residency-based system is votingZa<br>
right that has long been<br>
linked to citizenship. But there is<br>
room for compromise here. In<br>
France and Italy, for instance, citizens<br>
who live permanently abroad<br>
(often with dual nationality) have<br>
voting rights. That makes sense.<br>
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