Posted on 03/06/2024 7:01:21 PM PST by libh8er
…….. Every four years, as Americans gird themselves to choose a president, there's talk, mainly among Democrats, of leaving the country. I'm off for Canada if unacceptable candidate X wins! And every four years, the promised exodus fails to materialize. It's mostly just therapeutic venting.
This time is different.
The alarm over Trump's potential triumph in November is far starker than the fears stoked by past presidents. "A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable," a recent Washington Post headline warned. The Atlantic devoted an entire issue to the authoritarian horrors in store for America "If Trump Wins." Every four years or so, Gallup asks Americans ages 15 and up: "Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move PERMANENTLY to another country?" At the end of George W. Bush's presidency, the number responding "yes" was 11%. During Barack Obama's tenure, it was 10%. During Trump's presidency, it hit 16%. That's some 40 million Americans who wanted to leave their country behind, for good.
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In fairness, those who flee America to escape MAGA may find themselves confronted by a host of unpleasant surprises. The headaches start with the red tape. On any given day, my Expats in Italy Facebook group teems with the sort of questions that can drive a novice foreign-property owner batty. Why won't my Italian utility company let me pay my bill with a US credit card? (Answer: Because it won't.) Property bidders must have their offers officially registered with the local municipality and verified by the godlike person known as the "notaio," an official of ancient standing who drafts and authenticates the raft of documents for a fair-size fee.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
“droves” ... so, more than one “drove” is leaving ... that’s good ... now if we only knew how many were in a “drove” AND the NUMBER of “droves” leaving, then we could make a good estimate of the total number bailing ... that would be a handy thing to know ...
sadly, however, is it’s all BS talk and that almost no one will leave ...
Please leave this time.
Yes, now that you mention it, I have read that.
Great! rents and housing prices will go down.
Promises, promises, promises...
If Reagan is elected, they’ll...
If Bush is elected, they’ll...
If (the other) Bush is elected, they’ll...
If Trump is elected, they’ll...
If Trump is elected again, they’ll...
If Trump is elected and we don’t cheat him out of it this time, we’ll...
Not once do these people bestir themselves even mildly other than to piss and moan endlessly. This is natural, of course; if doing and taking action were in their character, they’d be conservatives.
Americans moving out of blue state America as those states were on fire is not newsworthy.
Let’s make some kind of rule that they can never come back.
I think it’s laughable that the article references Umbria, Italy like it is some panacea. I lived in Italy for years, and there isn’t much in that region (though Orvieto is a great place to visit for an overnight). That family will likely be moving back to the U.S. within a couple years.
I'll believe it when I SEE IT actually happen!
I hear Ukraine is looking for more canon fodder. Maybe they can head over there. They probably already have their Slava Ukraine buttons with them.
Excellent, but the liberals will never do that.
They never do, just whine to get TV coverage.
maybe time to round up the ones that say this and escort them out of the country?
Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
LOLOL!
The brains of leftists are wired wrong. They see reduction of government overreach as totalitarianism, but they think putting government in control of just about every aspect of life is freedom. They are so backwards!
They know deep inside that he really won last time too.
Let them. It would be good for the country.
Bingo!
It's never a country like Burundi or, say, Rwanda! It's never, e.g., Haiti!
They unintentionally reveal their true racism.
Regards,
They’re always talking about trump supporters conspiracy theories. But they push the biggest one that trump will be a dictator.
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