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 July 18, 2022 2:00am EDT
Celebrities say they'll leave US but curiously, they're still here...
Celebrity pledges to move to another country over political differences typically turn out to be empty promises
By Simon Hankinson | Fox News

   After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told fans at a London concert that he would renounce his citizenship. Don’t bet on it.

Armstrong is no stranger to preening wokeness. He also "threatened" to leave the U.S. when President Trump was in charge, as did many other lefty celebs—Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Lena Dunham and Cher, to name but a few. Yet, curiously, they’re all still here.

Armstrong’s certainly entitled to renounce his citizenship. Several thousand Americans do so each year, albeit seldom for the reason(s) offered by the singer best known for "American Idiot." But Armstrong would be swimming against the tide. In a typical year, more than 800,000 foreign-born people are happily sworn in as United States citizens. Many years ago, I was one of them.

Despite all the vagaries of the past 25 years—from 9/11, through wars, economic crashes, and pandemics, the desire to come to America has never dried up.

That’s because people overseas understand, even if not everyone at home does, that America is still a unique land of opportunity and hope, where personal industry is more likely to result in success and fulfillment than anywhere else.

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Renouncing citizenship comes with a $2,350 fee, and those living abroad must handle the matter (which entails at least two personal interviews) at a U.S. Embassy in their country of residence. When the State Department prioritizes such appointments, the wait times quickly go down.

Interesting...I didn't know that...
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Go ahead.  Leave America.  Good Riddance.  America will get by without celebrities ... somehow ... by the Grace of God.
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Renouncing one's citizenship comes with a lot more than a $2,350 fee if one is a high net worth individual (like Mr. Armstrong) - if one's net worth exceeds $2m, or one's average annual income tax liability for the past three years exceeds about $172k, then one has to mark all of one's assets to market, subtract an exemption amount of about $744k, and pay income tax all all of the remaining MTM gain.  That can get expensive very quickly.

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Renouncing one's citizenship comes with a lot more than a $2,350 fee if one is a high net worth individual (like Mr. Armstrong) - if one's net worth exceeds $2m, or one's average annual income tax liability for the past three years exceeds about $172k, then one has to mark all of one's assets to market, subtract an exemption amount of about $744k, and pay income tax all all of the remaining MTM gain.  That can get expensive very quickly.

Geeez...no wonder they don't leave...
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but curiously, they're still here...

Like a fart in an elevator.  :whistle:

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They've been saying this - and doing nothing - for years. Didn't the actor Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Cher and a host of others vow to leave when Dubya was elected? As far as we know, none did.
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We have a crapton of Canadian celebs walking amongst us. I don't recall any of them saying they were going back home to the GWN. 
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