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Expatriate or Expatriot?

I get a lot of questions about how I could leave the USA and move to another land where I have no family and no friends. A couple of days ago I received an email asking if I would be returning to the states since Obama won the election.

My leaving the US had nothing to do with politics, I do greatly prefer American politics. There are lots of reasons why people leave their home land and most of the time it is not because they have issues with their home land. I think in most cases, the people that leave their home countries for that reason will find plenty to not like in their new country.

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Economic Crisis of 2008 and the US Expat

Economic Crises of 2008 and the Expat

I’ve been pretty confused about the economic crises that hs been playing out over the last two weeks. I had my doubts that it was real at all. I’m not a very trusting person and that is hightened during an election year. But I was wrong, the crises is real. I don’t think it is matter of averting the hard times completely but of lessening the blow.

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