Originally Posted by
sciconf
- when people find it unreasonable, they resist
- third world countries charge money from dual citizenship holders to keep the citizenship from the country of birth. I now realized that down-under is also one! Couple of years ago, politicians in OZ all voted to increase their salary heftily - when people were outraged, they reversed it. In the US, CEOs of public companies do it with the backing of the BODs.
You're not being forced to pay to keep your citizenship. You're paying a fee to renew your passport. A whole thread over $70.