It may seem like a drop in the bucket, especially when droves want to immigrate to America. Still, the newly published names of individuals who renounced their U.S. citizenship or terminated long-term U.S. residency is up, with 576 for the quarter and 1,577 so far this year. The growing trend is a sad one, with record numbers of Americans renouncing their U.S. citizenship.
For all the immigrant arrivals, the trickle the other direction is becoming more pronounced. The tally was 2,999 for all of 2013, a 221% increase over the 932 who left in 2012. The Treasury Department is required to publish a quarterly list, a kind of public outing putting Americans on notice of who relinquished their rights.
Friend of mine: “#firstworldproblems 3000 Americans renouncing their citizenship a year vs 3000 Ukrainians applying for a chance to apply for an American green card every 48 hours”
Documentation? Sources? The rest of the story…
Many years ago there was James Bond opponent called Top Job.
Now we get post by Half Job?
More:
“The former security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski recommends
arming the citizens there for house-to-house and street combat.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/#P85PYv3SHetcls34.99
Notice source.
I haven’t read mish in ages, he really has some insane articles on your posted link, like many if not most libertarians.
But, in you link I could not find the Zbig qoute, where was it?
You also mentioned before, and labeled him a peacenik. Beware of wolf in sheep’s clothing.
When I looked at citation – it changed – slight of keyboard?
When I get a chance, I will try to find original.
Roman has copy of good picture of Russian Aid Convoy.
Maybe he will post it?
Whoops. I forgot the link. http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/08/07/many-americans-renounce-citizenship-hitting-new-record/
Sorry about that. Forbes does their fact checking, so I’m pretty sure the data is accurate. The numbers aren’t huge yet, but the rate of growth is alarming.
Walt requested information:
A search of Mish’s web site brought me to original posting:
History Repeating?
Steingart continues …
We interrupt our own train of thought: “History is not
repeating itself!” But can we be so sure about that these
days? In view of the war events in the Crimean and
eastern Ukraine, the heads of states and governments of
the West suddenly have no more questions and all the
answers. The US Congress is openly discussing arming
Ukraine. The former security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski
recommends arming the citizens there for house-to-house
and street combat. The German Chancellor, as it is her
habit, is much less clear but no less ominous: “We are
ready to take severe measures.“
The Tagesspiegel: “Enough talk!“ The FAZ: “Show
strength“. The Süddeutsche Zeitung: “Now or never.“
The Spiegel calls for an “End to cowardice“: “Putin’s web
of lies, propaganda, and deception has been exposed. The
wreckage of MH 17 is also the result of a crashed diplomacy.“
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/08/scathing-anti-west-editorial-in-german.html#LxIvaAzjWt314Ira.99
In another comment you implied CIA operatives in eastern
Ukraine. Any documentation or are reading Russian
disinformation?
My problem of Mish is I doubt he has ever been to Ukraine.
If he has, he traveled with a group that did not represent
ordinary Ukrainians.
And at my age I do not expect to be able to go back. Especially
with all the crap going on. Only after finding a cousin did I
learn that my roots are on the east bank of the Dnepr
River, not far from Kremenchug. Modern maps do not show
a village where my great grandfather was supposed to have
come from. A 1900 map does.
If my relatives where like my grandfather, then the Soviets did
away with the whole village. So, today there is just a crossroads.
In researching Brzezinski I find his heritage is from Ternopil
Oblast, although he was born in Warsaw. And I find that he is
associated with the Tri Lateral Commission, a one world organization.
He is an elitist advocate, not a blue collar guy. So, the quote
seems out of character.
Thank you for keeping me honest.
“Truth will ultimately prevail when there is pains to bring it to light.” George Washington
Oh, Oh Oh! Dear Beauregard, The CIA story was extreme sarcasim in response to the new commentator, who was talking BS.
Recently you said to respond to peacenik Mish, maybe in dealing with people like these types, instead of trying to argue against them as Roman has with libertards, it’s better to increase the volume of obsurtidy, by claiming things even more insanly then kremlin trolls do.
I seriouslyu doubt you can win an argument with “true believers” using facts and logic. Apparently, Roman has had little succeess, so, by pushing the limits further it may do two things, one it will convince the borderline apathetic people in the non libetard field and it may make a few libertarains scratch their heads and bring them to revelation, again as I mentioned, not through logic and argument.
You see your qoute,
“In another comment you implied CIA operatives in eastern
Ukraine. Any documentation or are reading Russian disinformation?”
you see that even you associate an absurd statement with the “legitimacy” that it came from a russian source. Apparrently I need to go even more absurd to snap some brain cells.
About Zbig qoute, I did make a similar statement qouting Zbig on this site, and I mentioned that I could not make out from my correct qoute of his, that it included the concept of arming civilians or just goverment types. I do agree the elites are well protected and hiypocritically do not want the regular man to defend himself.
“there are too many lawyers and bureaucrats”
Walt,
All my information is white washed, so it could have
been either you had better information or were
believing Russian disinformation.
extreme sarcasm?
With so many being killed in the fighting, I have to
wait. I am not getting replies from a couple of
contacts from Western Ukraine.
And I know a few secretly trained and knew how to
fight the old KGB.
Days of the place in Lviv where you had to know the passwords…