GoneOffShore
GoneOffShore's JournalTwo more Pennsylvania votes for Harris/Walz from abroad!
Just received an email that our Pennsylvania absentee ballots from France were received by the Philadelphia Board of Elections!
The ballots went into the postbox in Aix-en-Provence, France on 20 September -
And were just received today in Philly.
And here's a picture of me with my Vote From Abroad t-shirt.
Ultimate 'Dad Joke'?
Knock knock!!
Who's there?
Hike.
Hike who?
Unsuspecting son
Dad waiting with bated breath.
Sets the perfect trap.
TSF is calling on his followers to boycott Penzey's Spices because Kamala visited their Pittsburgh store
Just got this email from Bill Penzey -
Donald Trump called Penzeys “Terrible, Over-Priced Product” this week. Fox News called Penzeys “the meanest spice shop in America." Much of the rest of the right wing media repeated those words or worse. All this because we welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris into our Pittsburgh store this past Saturday.
They really do want to boycott Penzeys out of existence. They want to make an example of us and leave every other retail store out there too frightened to welcome in Kamala like we did. They want us to be the next Bud Light trophy on their wall to show off the costs of going against their will.
And as much as you know we won’t back down, if you don’t make the effort to support us right now this will be crippling. Yes, email subscribers have known who we are for years. But among our store customers we have hundreds of thousands who are not on our list. Among those there are no doubt tens of thousands, maybe more, under the Fox/Trump influence.
You know the hypnotic power Trump and Fox have over their followers. When they say do something their crowd does it. We’ve already had thousands of customers quit. You can imagine the language they’ve used to do so.
https://www.penzeys.com/
Democrats Abroad is running a live Zoom on Facebook and YouTube.
We've watched some of it, and saw Corey Booker, Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff plus others. It's still running -
https://www.youtube.com/live/9cgIbShsWak?si=RlhVhGJf7xrQgOwA
Social Security/Tax/Pension
I'm an American and I live in France. I have my US Social Security paid directly to my French bank account (best exchange rate) with no Medicare PartB deduction(don't need it). I file US taxes because it's required and there's a tax treaty so I'm not taxed twice. Now, I applied for and have started receiving a UK state pension which is also being paid directly into my French account, totally bypassing my American bank. My French bank has no reporting requirement to the US government unless my account goes over 10k euros (pesky FATCA).
The UK pension service doesn't report to the US that I'm getting a pension from them. The UK did pay me 11 years worth in one sum because I didn't claim when I could have(I didn't know I was eligible) which pushed me well over the 10K euros amount in my account, plus they are paying me monthly.
Theoretically, I'm supposed to report the UK monies. Apart from the lump sum, the monthly isn't all that much. So, I'm not sure what to tell my US accountant.
Cross posted in the Lounge - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182056668
Social Security/Tax/Pension
I'm an American and I live in France. I have my US Social Security paid directly to my French bank account (best exchange rate) with no Medicare PartB deduction(don't need it). I file US taxes because it's required and there's a tax treaty so I'm not taxed twice. Now, I applied for and have started receiving a UK state pension which is also being paid directly into my French account, totally bypassing my American bank. My French bank has no reporting requirement to the US government unless my account goes over 10k euros (pesky FATCA).
The UK pension service doesn't report to the US that I'm getting a pension from them. The UK did pay me 11 years worth in one sum because I didn't claim when I could have(I didn't know I was eligible) which pushed me well over the 10K euros amount in my account, plus they are paying me monthly.
Theoretically, I'm supposed to report the UK monies. Apart from the lump sum, the monthly isn't all that much. So, I'm not sure what to tell my US accountant.
Added on edit - Posting here because I can't find a 'Financial Forum' and I don't think this is right for GD. Thanks!
Where is the best place to get Harris/Walz campaign merchandise?
The gear at https://store.kamalaharris.com/ is not very inspired, IMHO.
We have friends going to the US who will pick stuff up for us, but we want to make sure that it's US made and that much of the money goes to the campaign.
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Name: SamGender: Male
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Current location: Aix-en-Provence
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