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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by brobinson on Sunday November 20, 2016 @10:45PM (#13002994)
>the act of renouncing U.S. citizenship does not allow persons to avoid possible prosecution for crimes which they may have committed in the United States, or escape the repayment of financial obligations, including child support payments, previously incurred in the United States or incurred as United States citizens abroad.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerati...

I guess if you successfully renounced you could just try to avoid having any contact with the US ever again...

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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by umanwizard on Sunday November 20, 2016 @11:06PM (#13003080)
You can't be arrested for not paying debts. You could probably still visit the US as long as you didn't intend to work there.
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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by throwaway729 on Monday November 21, 2016 @06:46PM (#13010367)
In principle. In practice, renouncing US citizenship is the sort of thing that gets you put on a "make their life hell if they want to come here" list.
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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by umanwizard on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @10:45AM (#13014830)
Why would you need to renounce citizenship?
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