State Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80%

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Betcha still have to pay the “exit tax”, which would make this pretty meaningless if so.

Only for you in SV.

Most of us aren't "$2 million net worth or $206,000/yr annual income for 5 years."

I'm glad the fee is lower again, but the fee isn't really what is stopping me from abandoning the US forever. When my mother dies, I'm probably gone. The US sucks in so many ways, and just trying to describe it all will end up dinging my HN karma at least 50 points :) For a bunch of "current admininstration haters" you guys sure do defend this shitshow tooth and nail.

Oh, I’ve already left. I did that when a US hospital decided my wife’s life was less important than how much money they could make from an ER bed… [1]

I just thought it was pretty weird to be forced to become a citizen, just so I could leave the country without paying 23.8% of my entire net worth, including future income on things like investments, 401k, etc - all in one lump sum. Like that is even possible unless you’re stupid-rich and money doesn’t matter.

So I’m one of very few (I suspect) people in the naturalisation ceremony thinking to myself “fuck you, you motherfuckers, making me implicitly support this shithole of a government” when everyone around me is going nuts about becoming a US citizen…

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44217106

> it all will end up dinging my HN karma at least 50 points :)

IIRC the least you can get is -6.

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