“Wherever they are - You can KEEP them. They’ll likely desert there if/when the going gets tough too.”
My son was born in Texas and will always be a Texan US Citizen. He has lived/worked in England for over 25 years. When he began working there, he didn’t make enough money to pay US taxes because you can make up to a certain amount of income before the US wants taxes. He did have to file a return even though he owed no taxes, and from that early time, has an accountant to work up his tax return. After he became very successful making much more money, he gladly paid US taxes on top of British taxes, because Texas is his true home.
If he doesn’t come back to live before retirement, and I think he will, he will retire here anyway - not in England. His Texas driver’s license is still in effect and I’ve already transferred the ownership of my house to him which will take effect when I am no longer here.
Not long ago when he was here, he was talking about Piers Morgan, (whom film makers like my son, despise), and Morgan’s attack on guns. He said he has heard his English friends talk about our guns in the US and says they simply don’t understand why we won’t give them all up. He said, “They just don’t get it.”
He would never give up his US citizenship and I can’t imagine a US citizen doing that.
“..He would never give up his US citizenship and I can’t imagine a US citizen doing that....”
And THAT is the difference here.
As you well know regarding my other posts on other threads, my problem has never been with someone wanting to go explore the world, live here, there, wherever. Hey, that’s NOT a bad thing to want to do.
It’s the renunciation of being an American - and all that it took our people to even MAKE THAT APPELLATION HAPPEN - and the knowingly saying “the Hell with it - I’m outta here”.
That is what is so offensive to me.
And of course, we all know the little fella on this forum who sits offshore making his snotty commentary - which is, of course, what gave birth to “The Manger Dog Pound”, of which you and I are proud members...
Woof, Woof, ya wonderful Texas lady!