Expatriation
Another record of US Citizens leaving for good in 2016. 4 years of record highs under the Great Obama. I am sure FATCA has something to do with it also. Like all the others we are free to leave if we choose. I cannot unless I come up with another source of income besides my military retirement. I can still leave for residence but cannot repatriate, so I still have to pay good old Uncle Sam no matter where I decide to settle.
I need to read Atlas Shrugged again, apparently...
I guess enough people are now "shrugging" to hurt the bastards, even if it doesn't show.
My aunt said almost the exact same thing. It's uncanny.
"When my brother returned from Vietnam, the plane was met by protesters screaming "baby killers" and pelting the soldiers with eggs."
My father says you could get a discounted or free ticket if you flew in uniform, but it was unpleasant to fly into Madison in uniform because of this type of taunting. I've heard it has been exaggerated and perhaps memories have been corrupted by movies like First Blood. My father insists the taunting was real. He said even people who were not against the war but not involved with the military had a negative stereotype of veterans.
For those too young to remember the bombing, here is an obituary and history of what happened.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/...
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