If you don't like then... uh... come back?
You're missing part of the point, though. Almost no other country in the world has rules like this. The US government provides among the lowest level of services for its citizens out of any first-world government, so there's no reason it needs to be that much more strict. You should be asking why it's necessary if only from a competitive standpoint-- why are other countries able to treat their expats so much more respectfully?
they provide you the world's premier military! That costs a pretty penny.
Anyway it's not an issue for non-rich expats, you just have to file a tax return which shows you owe $0.
The hilarious thing about this statement is that it costs a few thousand dollars to renounce (as in a fee, paid to the embassy) and they reserve the right to come get you up to ten years later in tax cases.
EDIT: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Amendment_(immigration) (Thanks, ChatGPT!)
In theory, yes. I knew someone having a heck of a hard time doing so though. Here's the process:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinquishment_of_United_State...
It's pretty expensive and difficult.
actually you are not free to do that. renouncing citizenship requires a reason other than "to escape tax obligations"
It is not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinquishment_of_United_State...