Michele Bachmann renounces Swiss citizenship

[InLight247]

Originally Posted by Dale_M

I was surprised when I had read she had applied for Swiss citizenship, although I did understand it was only to allow her children to become citizens of that country.

Her resignation of Swiss citizen status is a sensible thing for a US politician to do, particularly a politician with national ambitions.

She has never applied for Swiss citizenship. In the interview I saw last night on TV, she said when she married her husband who is a Swiss citizen, she was automatically granted the Swiss citizenship. It came with the marriage. She has five children and twenty three foster children. When she speaks, she is always poised and very charitable. Her Christian faith is conveyed through her speech.

[Armyvet007]

Originally Posted by Scott_Lafrance

Well, Switzerland was a safe place to keep your money from the prying eyes of the American IRS. Not any more though. The American Empire has succeeded in bullying every nation and bank in the world to open its books up to IRS scrutiny. Well, except the Bank of China. They told us to take a flying leap off a short pier. To punish them for their insubordination, we are allowing them to buy American banks.

I'm sorry, but if you can't hide your money from the IRS, you're either lazy or unimaginative. [And no that does not mean I hide my money; one has to have some IOT hide it].

[Rich Olszewski]

Originally Posted by gus

I thought it was against the law for a U.S. citizen to have dual citizenship. I'm eligible for Italian citizenship but was told it wasn't possible

Not so. Italian citizenship is one of the easier ones to get if you have the right Italian ancestry.

Also, Americans can hold dual and even triple citizenship. Many countries like ours have no objections to multiple citizenships for their citizens.