"riverman" wrote in message ...

I'm just reacting because I'm feeling betrayed by my government again,
and bull**** about how damn hard it is to get ahead in this freaking life,
and I'm talking to my primary community since I don't live in the US,
surrounded by neighbors and friends.

Sure, someone sat in their office and said "let's screw Myron, after all
he's a liberal and low paid school teacher living abroad. He can;t hurt us."

Cannibals, and zero tax bill if you lived in the US?

Welcome to the real world where the wealthiest, the poorest, and every one
in between has some kind of worry. Look on the bright side too, since you
live at a low income level, you won;t need as much to retire on plus you;re
still young enough to come back to the states and qualify for a teaching
pension should you so desire.

At the end of the day, you're harping about something that your
comprehension of is seriously lacking. Whatever it is you teach do it well
but leave the tax code, retirements, and **** to the experts on your behalf.
I sat down and read some of the new law last night as one of the folks I
filed an extension for is subject to the AMT (at a total income of 85K per
year!) and refreshed my memory on someother things IRS like. You're ****ing
and moaning and making it sound like it worse than it really is. Will you
have to pay some taxes you don't pay now? Probably. Can you and your
employer think out of the box and find a way in your situation legally and
ethically? Probably.

You've got a good "woe is me" or "holier than thou" attitude until someone
calls bull**** on you, get over it and get professional financial help.