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ElectraGlide -> RE: Myth of Fact. Do Foreigners have a business in the U.S. tax free for so many years. (11/14/2008 9:56:16 AM)
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Thanks for your reply LadyHibiscus, yes Tax loop holes are a way of American life, created by who else, wealthy politicians, lol.
When I was a teen in the late 70's people from other countries, mostly Middle Eastern countries were snapping up the local 7-11's and gas stations convience stores in big numbers,and that is when I first started hearing it in Delaware and Maryland, and it still has not stopped I heard it this week at work.
I did work at a gas station that was bought from a man from India. The old customers told me they would protest because he was not American, which he was. He was a citizen. The local civic associations went to a board meeting to approve a major gas station upgrade. They approved it, it was sold after, they told me, if they knew a man from India was going to buy it, they would have fought the upgrade.
Everyone told me to get a new job quick, they told me how nasty and crooked people from India were. I was young I kept a open mind. I did want a new job anyway, I wanted something closer to home, and in Maryland, so I would not have to pay Delaware taxes.
Let me sum this up, the man from India named Rich was a great guy, he kept me at the same pay and did not want me to leave. I left after awhile because I landed a better job a mile from my house.
I learned many things about India that was fascinating, several of his cousins came here to work in America, and they were happy to taste the American dream, they worked long hours. Rich called me Uncle David to his daughter, he said all friends in India are brothers of each other. It was a great gesture.
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