[Bluestrike2]

Really? Would you care to elaborate on your position, as it seems a touch sophomoric.

We're talking about American expats who permanently live abroad, do not utilize taxpayer-funded services, and aren't planning on returning home. Hell, they aren't even utilizing what one might call the privilege of American citizenship. From the government's perspective, there's really no difference between an expat and a corpse (excluding the IRS, naturally).

In that context, how can choosing to renounce their citizenship be considered immoral? Particularly when that citizenship comes with the rather significant problems that are the result of a federal tax code that taxes overseas income for taxpayers abroad whose income will never see the United States (nor, for that matter, will the taxpayer). If we're going to argue about ethical codes, how do you taxing worldwide income and the onerous penalties that disproportionately affect the lower quintiles?