If a US expat & sick of FATCA - article(s): How I Renounced my US citizenship

[vicemayor]

* http://www.internationalman.com/articles/how-i-renounced-my-us-citizenship-and-why,-part-i

* http://www.internationalman.com/articles/how-i-renounced-my-us-citizenship-and-why,-part-ii

[DhaniBoy]

very rarely happens when a US citizen stripped citizenship, because the US citizens currently still a high level of priority of the citizens of the world, to renounce US citizenship, then all diplomatic rights of US citizens will no longer apply, consequence of this is when a visit to other countries then it will not be the priorities again, hopefully this does not make the level of citizenship such as the caste system in Hindu religion ... 

[CoinCube]

Personally I think this is a mistake.
Things are bad in the US and getting worse but most everywhere else is in even poorer shape.

The economic system is the same or worse elsewhere and the US has the advantage of

1) Strong libertarian and IT movements
2) Guns
3) A good constitution. (not enforced but still better then nothing)

The US will be the last to suffer from the coming debt collapse and likely among the first to bounce back and recover.

[iCEBREAKER]

Personally I think this is a mistake.
Things are bad in the US and getting worse but most everywhere else is even poorer shape.

The economic system is the same or worse elsewhere and the US has the advantage of

1) Strong libertarian movement
2) Guns
3) A good constitution. Yes its not enforced but its better then nothing.

The US will be the last to suffer from the coming debt collapse and likely among the first to bounce back and recover.

don't forget

4) Hydrocarbons in the form of oil, coal, and natural gas, plus plenty of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and platinum mines
5) Farmland, fresh water, tractors, and lots of Ford pick-up trucks
6) A military with Area 51 gear that can destroy all the other ones combined
7) We own the Moon

[TheButterZone]

The US may own the Moon, but Russia has tanks up there - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_on_the_Moon

[TECSHARE]

Technically nation-states cannot own celestial bodies under treaty.

[BADecker]

At times U.S. citizenship or residency may have its benefits. Don't throw it away. Rather, limit your citizenship or residency to the particular things that you have a desire to be a citizen or resident for. Do this by signing all government documents that you have added your citizenship/residence listing on, "all rights reserved," next to yur signature.

For the purposes of your main living in the U.S., do not be a citizen or resident. Rather be domiciled. Look up the legal meanings of the words to see the difference. For more information on this, listen to the things that Bill Thornton has to say at http://www.1215.org/.