More are renouncing U.S. citizenship as IRS cracks down

[wickerwoman]

28. Oh FFS.

I've lived overseas for nine years. I went to university in another country, work in another country, I live in another country. If I made enough money, should I have to pay taxes to the US even though I use none of the services?
And if I gave up US citizenship to avoid being double taxed (because I already pay taxes to the country I earn the income in) I should be banned from returning to the US for my dad's funeral? Really?
The point is somewhat moot because I don't earn enough for the US tax on foreign income to kick in, but if I did I would feel it was ridiculous and it's one of the few things that would make me consider seriously giving up US citizenship.
Go ahead and call me a traitor. But seriously? People should lose their right to travel in the US simply because they chose, perfectly legally, to be a citizen of another country to avoid being double taxed on income from a job created by another country based on an education earned in another country when they use absolutely none of the US's services?