`American’: lives in America
ex·pa·tri·ate
noun
1. a person who lives outside their native country.
Ex-patriot.
Waste of bandwidth.
Not even close
The yob is certainly full of himself though. Then again it’s Newsmax
Tagging this article, for follow-up.
:D
I live outside the US part time...4 or 5 months a yr. And i vote!!!
Funny episodes of House Hunters International aren’t on streaming TV. Would love to see a redo of those who chose France, Sweden and Germany.
I'm retired in the States, but if I weren't, I'd only consider returning if I were needed in my Navy. That's unlikely as I'm almost 76!
That flame still burns in many countries.
Hopefully, it will spread.
The English have been doing this for a long time due to their Empire. They are still English.
Over the years I’ve heard a few on FR say (in a huff) that if things started to get bad here they were GONE. I didn’t like that, nor see that as remotely “American”. People choosing to live abroad freely and in peacetime? Why not?
As long as I carry a U.S. passport I’m an American regardless of my address.
I’ve had some discussion with people about this.
And some of what I’ve heard on this subject is as follows:
1. expatriots tend to be retired, and they are rejecting America in favor of some other country in their retirement. The country which was good enough for them in their working life is not good enough in their golden years?
2. expatriots are running away from America’s problems. They won’t stay to help fix what’s wrong. They often are moving because of dissatisfaction with America, but won’t stay and be part of the solution.
3. expatriots often go to countries with fundamentally different social and economic systems; which result in those countries having lower costs of living. Thus retirees find that while their dollars go further, they are supporting a corrupt status quo in places such as Mexico.
4. expatriot retirees are said to be selfish, abandoning America and their extended families, including grandchildren, just to retire somewhere with a lower cost of living.
I’m not saying I agree with this. I certainly don’t want to tell anyone else how to live or where to live. Just saying I’ve heard people talk like this. Legally they are all still Americans unless they take steps to renounce American citizenship. I don’t think too many expatriots do that.
Banks the world over used to go GAGA for Americans —now we’re HIV+ lepers.
The IRS went to all major overseas banks and said, “Ya know we can’t FORCE ya to give up all financial info on Americans keeping accounts with you..”
(throws switchblade into dart board for effect)
“...but if we find a SINGLE case of an American depositor who has evaded US tax..? Well, we’re going to charge you a 30% penalty on EVERY transaction you had that went through ANY American bank during that year -maybe BILLIONS of transactions. CAPICHE..?”
Voila..!
They don’t want to hear from ANY of us —just TOO risky to accept deposits from Americans.
We got that after A SINGLE black Prez.
THANK YOU, OBAMA. Now we really ARE ugly Americans.
My cousin and his wife moved to Italy in 1973 to pastor a church. Last year they were back home for a family reunion and were vocal about America, patriotism, and extremely pro-Trump. They, I believe, are “good Americans”.
Their kids, however, all were born in Italy and are not quite as patriotic. I guess it makes sense. It would be confusing.
I reckon too many people worry about things that really don’t matter one bit.
One country with a large number of expats is our neighbor Mexico. Half of these expats are of Mexican ancestry. Half are not. My wife’s home town up in the remote mountains far from civilization has both kinds. They have above average investments and passive income that they receive in their global bank accounts more often than wired to them.
Very well said.
There are many reasons unrelated to patriotism to live outside the USA. Family and business being the most common.
You can’t put a blanket over this question and cover everyone.
My brother lived in Brussels (yuck) for two years. It was a job, with an American company. Then he lived in Milan for a year for the same reason, same company. Now he’s back in the States. He could have done that for 30 years, so what?
And if you DON’T love America, it doesn’t matter that you live in it. If you DO love it, it doesn’t matter that you live outside it. Physical location is meaningless, especially these days.
I have never had the slightest desire to live anywhere else. This is home. It goes beyond my bank account or standard of living or who is running the government. The most recent of my ancestors came here 150 years ago. My oldest line goes back to Jamestown. My family was among the earliest American settlers of Illinois. This is my land, my people, my culture, my history. This is home.
But to each his own.