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How is there any reduction in tax if expats must still pay US taxes?

There is foreign earned income exclusion. Which stops at $100K but this is still a lot for many people.

I’m not American so it’s not my problem, but it’s what I hear from other tax exiles.

My parents are American but given the choice for me to become American I declined due to the whole tax issue.

there is a "physical presence test" where you need to be resident outside the USA for 330 days or more a year.