and shuttered their windows and stopped doing business. How long do you think it would take for new entrepreneurs to step in and take their place?

I mean we have this group of rich folks who started on their trek to make their fortune when tax rates on income of all kinds was much, much higher now whining that they will close up shop if required to pay a couple of extra percent in taxes.

LET THEM!

America is about people seizing opportunities and their leaving might create the biggest opportunity this country has ever experienced.

BTW, they ought to be taxed like any other ex-pat who moves their assets offshore as well.

Poz