Numbers of Americans leaving way up under Obama (No Hope - No Change)

[Butterbean]

I hope Alec Baldwin doesn't go.

[Straw Man]

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2011/06/number-of-us-expatriates.html

I was trying to figure out the scale of this chart but it looks like their is no scale i.e. we're talking about ......literally......hundreds of people

we're talking about a fraction of a speck of the population

who cares

btw - you should really consider  joining them

You seem so friggin miserable living here and you hate most of the people in the country

I really think you would be happier if you left

[Soul Crusher]

I was trying to figure out the scale of this chart but it looks like their is no scale i.e. we're talking about ......literally......hundreds of people

we're talking about a fraction of a speck of the population

who cares

btw - you should really consider  joining them

You seem so friggin miserable living here and you hate most of the people in the country

I really think you would be happier if you left

I thought it was in the thousands since that was the number i have read elsewhere floating around.   

[Straw Man]

I thought it was in the thousands since that was the number i have read elsewhere floating around.   

nope, it's in the hundreds

this link is inside the link you posted earlier where they talk about the #'ss

http://intltax.typepad.com/intltax_blog/2011/06/us-citizens-continue-to-renounce.html

Last month the Treasury Department published the names of individuals who renounced their United States citizenship or terminated their long-term U.S. residency (“expatriated”) during the quarter ending March 31, 2011.  A total of 499 individuals expatriated during this quarter.  While 499 is not the highest number of quarterly expatriates in recent history, the quarterly average number of expatriates continues to increase.  The following graph shows the quarterly average number of expatriates for the past 4 years

also, per the link, these #'s are people who have renounced their US citizenship and they include long term permanent residents who were not citizens.

[LurkerNoMore]

499???

I guess that all those doctors who walked off their jobs.  They couldn't handle the rioting in the street.  So they took their duffel bags and left the US.

 

[Straw Man]

499???

I guess that all those doctors who walked off their jobs.  They couldn't handle the rioting in the street.  So they took their duffel bags and left the US.

 

if you increased the total one hundred fold it would still be mere speck and keep in mind that number of 499 included long term  permanent residents who simply gave up their status and went back to their country of origin.   

[Soul Crusher]

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983238,00.html


ok, it seems that ex-pats are those formally renouncing citizenship - but that is not the same as those leaving but not renouncing citizenship status but looking for work, etc. 

[LurkerNoMore]

if you increased the total one hundred fold it would still be mere speck and keep in mind that number of 499 included long term  permanent residents who simply gave up their status and went back to their country of origin.   

But... But.... hundreds of thousands.... this article.... Obama.....    but... but....

[Soul Crusher]

But... But.... hundreds of thousands.... this article.... Obama.....    but... but....

Expats are not the same people as leaving but holding citizenship and looking for work abroad moron. 

[LurkerNoMore]

So in other words, another dumbass thread by you that FAILED.

Ok, gotcha.

[Soul Crusher]

So in other words, another dumbass thread by you that FAILED.

Ok, gotcha.

http://rt.com/usa/news/leaving-us-america-country-289