This is not a political thread.
I saw this article today titled "Will the US Adopt a wealth tax to avoid default"
Will The US Adopt A "Wealth Tax" To Avoid Default?
How fun would that be! Imagine living cheaply and thrifty, saving a nestegg for many years and then the Government imposes a wealth tax on your savings account, in effect double taxing your money and penalizing you for saving. What a great idea!
I realize that this was just a thought put out there by the writer of this article, perhaps a scare tactic, but it does make one think about moving a bit of one's nest egg offshore...