Because anyone looking around at the trajectory of the USA over the last 4 years who thought they would be “safe” because “this is the USA, and we don’t trample freedoms here” is an idiot. Lots of people, including myself, want to know where the exits are.
Hopefully this will derail that descent into the fiery inferno. I am still keeping my options open
Whenever there is a discussion about "acquiring another passport" or "leaving the country," I ask, "To WHERE?"
I believe namely that no other country affords the individual the freedoms and rights - enshrined in our Constitution - that the United States does.
If you're talking about "bugging out" - i.e., fleeing to a bunker to wait out a full-out nuclear Armageddon - I would concede that certain islands off the coast of Antarctica, etc. might be viable alternatives.
But in the case at hand, Fzob's wife is seeking Italian citizenship.
That, frankly, is ridiculous! In Italy, full-fledged Italian citizens enjoy fewer rights than U.S. citizens in America. Just try purchasing a handgun or a "concealed" permit in Italy. And I suspect that a "passport Italian" might be looked on with suspicion and subjected to a greater infringement of rights.
The country as a whole is being swamped with illegal boat people from Africa, it's under the cudgel of the E.U. bureaucracy in Brussels, etc.
Regards,
Well, arrivederci.