Quote from Pekelo:
Before you ejaculate all over yourself:
2008: 235
2009: 734
2010: ~2000
Sure it is growing but if you look at the estimated 5 million expats living abroad, that is still only 0.04% per year....
It is not growing off the chart... And one reason is because it is taxation without representation. Also, the Patriot Act didn't help either:
Quote from peilthetraveler:
Thats really not a good indicator of who is leaving the US. To get a citizenship in another country, you do not have to renounce your US citizenship. In the US, to be a citizen here, you do have to renounce your citizenship in your previous country. Also, the US government requires you to continue paying taxes for 10 years after you renounce your citizenship, so its a deterent right there.