[Poohbah]

And as they walk out the door, strip them of their American citizenship and bar them from entry into the US for the rest of their lives. If they try to sneak back in, lock them up in prison and throw away the key.

And almost all of them will still say, "Okey-dokey," and never try to reenter...and they'll still take their money with them. What then?

I note that your first reaction is to not examine the problem from a perspective of "Why do the richest people seek to leave this country and take their money with them?" Instead, it's "How can we punish those evil rich people for taking their tax payments with them?"

[Penner]

And almost all of them will still say, "Okey-dokey," and never try to reenter...and they'll still take their money with them. What then?

I see. If the nouveau riche take their money and run, America will cease to exist.

I note that your first reaction is to not examine the problem from a perspective of "Why do the richest people seek to leave this country and take their money with them?" Instead, it's "How can we punish those evil rich people for taking their tax payments with them?"

Give me a break. This isn't about "punishing the evil rich". This is about preventing the creation of an aristocracy here, which the founding fathers were adamantly against.