They hate it, but they seldom leave

It costs over 2.5k just to renounce your citizenship. Most people can't AFFORD to leave.

If someone's planning to move to another country it's easy to get 2.5k (sell car, sell house or use a few month's wages...)

71.93% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, there is no possibility of saving. We are also the third lowest in the world for home ownership. (as in, fully owned. and not currently paying the mortgage. until the house is paid off it's not really yours) On top of that, the actual move usually costs quite a bit. I've been looking into it for years, and trying to save for years. And yet I am still here, and will probably be working until the day I die.

Depends how much you want it and what sacrifices you're prepared to make. If people can successfully leave a dictatorship by crossing the ocean on boats made of garbage, you can leave a free country and move to another one with cheaper living rates.

That's called illegal immigration. Are you advocating that people do this?

I'm saying if people can do that, you can succeed through legal and less drastic means.