http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/wealthy-Americans-defect-Obama/2012/06/24/id/443252?s=al&promo_code=F486-1

U.S. citizens are defecting at record levels in order to escape high taxes, the New York Post reported. About 8,000 U.S. citizens are projected to renounce their citizenship in 2012, or about 154 a week ‹ versus 3,805 in 2011, or about 73 per week, according to immigration officials, the Post reported.