>It's amazing how willing this country is for others to arrive and how difficult it is to leave.
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>And THAT article is now outdated. The U.S. has since started to prevent people from leaving this country unless you leave your money here. There are folks whose job it is simply to make sure that any citizen leaving the country does not take their money with them. And what money you do leave with, you must pay taxes on in order to leave with it. Then there is that pesky problem of having to renounce your citizenship immediately in order to expatriate... It's getting scary folks.

"Speed is of the essence, however, because your choice of tropical paradises is fast dwindling: similar passport-vending programs in Belize and Grenada have been shut down since 2001 under pressure from the State Department, which does not approve."

I think the Green Card Lottery should be reinstated, under pressure from at least two Department Stores, which did not approve the revocation.