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A Letter From 9 Million U.S. Expats to Janet Yellen
The next Treasury secretary could make the lives of millions of Americans easier at no cost at all.
Please, madam, hear us out.
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Dear Janet Yellen: Congratulations! You’re probably the next Treasury secretary of the U.S. That’ll throw you into daunting policy cauldrons — from financing America’s massive deficits to managing China and taming the tax code. With so much in your inbox, we urge you not to forget about one large group of Americans: us.
We’re U.S. expats, and there are 9 million of us. If we were a state, we’d be the eleventh-largest. And we’re suffering from a problem that you can fix.