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Personally, I'm making plans to leave the US. Since few people will listen to me when I explain how bad things are, I do not believe effecting change is a reasonable course of action. Instead, I will try to internationalize my business and my life so that I can interact with pleasant people and escape tyranny.

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Woz is leaving for Australia.

~ 1200 people gave up their US passports in 2012.

The USG is like a bad neighbor: not dealing with them is still going to affect you, even if you ignore them.

What other countries are better options?

Canada is marginally better, particularly Quebec. Otherwise: Norway, maybe Iceland, maybe Denmark.

Countries I'm researching: Panama, Chile, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam. All have ups and downs. Read the works of Doug Casey, Andrew Henderson (Nomad Capitalist), and Simon Black (sovereignman.com) for information on how to get offshore corporations and bank accounts so you can do business overseas, and second passports so you can optionally be unaffiliated with the US and don't have to worry about having your passport revoked by the US.

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