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Yeah except don't put a tax on them leaving. That amounts to holding them hostage, and will eventually be used as an excuse to apply the tax to everyday people, limiting their mobility (and also their ability to leave the country if it goes rogue). Just let them leave if they really want to.
why would the tax be applied to everyday people, that's a logical leap
It's already the case in the US. Expatriation costs a couple thousand, and for all practical intents and purposes even more since the IRS then checks every last detail of the last five years of your tax returns looking for any reason to fine you (sometimes "accidentally" making mistakes themselves and hoping you pay the fine anyway), so you're going to want to hire an accountant and/or a tax lawyer to ensure you don't get fucked. This applies to anyone renouncing their citizenship regardless of wealth (or, that is, until a certain level of wealth, after which you're thoroughly fucked if you want to leave the US - and we're not talking billionaire level wealth here, far from it).
I am curious antiyanks, since you mention this a lot. Can you actually go into detail about what happened?