The difference being that US citizens can't escape excessive taxation just by moving to another country since the US taxes on worldwide income. The only way for a US citizen to escape is to pay an exit penalty and renounce his citizenship. However, every time there is a story posted about folks renouncing, FReepers usually react by calling them traitors and tax-evaders, completely the opposite reaction to this story. Interesting dicotomy.
Well to be totally fair our high tax, high regulation government is often foisted on us by the very people who turn around and renounce their citizenship.
When they say “raise taxes”, they don’t mean on themselves.
It’s just more liberal hypocrisy.