They paid thousands to give up their U.S. citizenship. Now they want a refund

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They paid thousands to give up their U.S. citizenship. Now they want a refund
nbcnews.com

Many "accidental Americans" filed a lawsuit after the State Department announced it would lower the fee to renounce citizenship.

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Increased demand would bring increased revenue to cover increased resources, no?

Generally governments don't work on such a simple profit model. Especially not when activity in one sector (removing citizenship) damages activity in another (collecting taxes).