[Lazamataz]

I don't get it. He doesn't seem to hate America or want a 'divorce' for any other reason than "just because".

[monday]

"I don't get it. He doesn't seem to hate America or want a 'divorce' for any other reason than "just because"."

Perhaps he is trying to head off the Internal Revenue Service. The US is the only country in the world, except for Libya, that requires it's citizens to pay taxes even if they don't live in the country.

If that is what he is trying to do, it won't work. Even foreign nationals living in other countries have to pay US taxes for several years after they renounce their US citizenship. It varies depending on whether the IRS rules you have changed citizenship to avoid paying US taxes or not.

You see, as US citizens, we belong to the government as far as the IRS is concerned.

[AgThorn]

I don't think his 'divorce' request is 'just because'. It is obviously brought on by sillyness of reading his birthplace as taking precedence over the facts of citizenship on his passport.

Interesting piece. He is not derogatory in any way to our country, in fact he is complementary - he just points out a stupid process, or interpretation of ones birthplace in these post 9/11 times as taking precedence over the facts of ones nationality as professed in their passport. He makes a very good point in showing how stupid our immigration policy can be and often is.