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In reply to the discussion: Would you leave the U.S. if given the opportunity? [View all]Brigid
(17,621 posts)50. I would do it.
This is no longer a civilized country. It's awash in guns. Our public schools are nothing but political footballs. We still don't have single-payer health care and probably never will. Our so-called lawmakers can't get anything done without making a soap opera out of it, and often not even then. School kids get their lunches thrown away in front of everyone because they can't pay. Workers have no rights. Cops abuse and even kill citizens without consequences. Corporations wreck our environment and our economy and get away with it. Stick a fork in this country; it's done.
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Stuck around Panama City. My mother is from there and we go back often. I've seen a lot of changes
stevenleser
Feb 2014
#38
No, because I couldn't live with myself running away while millions suffer here.
NuclearDem
Feb 2014
#5
nothing to do with politics - but I just find life outside the U.S. mainland more interesting & fun
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2014
#34
I've got dual Irish and American citizenship so Ireland would be my first choice
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#41
Does Northern California count? It sure feels like a different country. And I like it.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2014
#42
Interesting--nobody said they wanted to move to the People's paradise of Venezuela...
brooklynite
Feb 2014
#58