[Salgak]

Not sad. America has ALWAYS been about making your own choices. They chose differently from you.

But what’s sad, is that I can understand why they gave up being US Cits. . .

[SeekAndFind]

RE: But what’s sad, is that I can understand why they gave up being US Cits. . .

Some reasons are detailed in the articles here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/02/06/americans-renouncing-citizenship-up-221-all-aboard-the-fatca-express/

and here:

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2014/03/10/expat-taxes-citizenship/