SJSinNYC,
Why are you sooo into the tax evasion stuff?
“I really hope yeshivish people in general are not like some of the people in this thread. The ones I know generally are not, but this is one reason my husband left being yeshivish to become MO.”
Now I understand why you are so against “Yeshivish” olam as you refer to it.
Your argument about chasidis is not a good comparison. Chasidus was (is) a different derech of becoming closer to H-m which many people were against. I don’t believe the idea of mo is to become closer to H-m after all is said and done. Also, Chasidus is lasting for many, many years. I don’t think the same can be said for Modern Orthodoxy (but of course you’ll disagree).