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Old 3rd July 2008, 12:45 AM
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Default Clear up some myths about USA for me, please

Hello,

I've heard some myths about the US over the years. I'm hoping you guys can clear some of them up for me.

True or false?:

- Alaska
* No income tax in Alaska.
* You can still claim (in certain areas) a piece of land and make it your own. (like in the Klondyke years)
* Every year Alaskans are payed royalties for oil etc that the state earns money on.

- Montana
* There are no speed limits.

- All states
* Everybody can buy and own a gun.
* Everybody can apply to get a permit to carry a concealed gun.
* Cars cost next to nothing.
* When you own a plot of land, you REALLY own it. (instead of the quasi-communism stuff we have in Europe)
* When an American citizen moves to another country to work, he/she will STILL have to pay taxes to America. (are they exempt from paying in the country they work in, then?)

Enlighten me, please.
Thanks.

Last edited by kaz101; 3rd July 2008 at 01:45 AM. Reason: Language - please keep it clean
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