I don't know enough of international tax law, but I'm not sure how this is any Archived Message Posted by longsnapper on March 14, 2025, 12:52:58, in reply to "lower taxes*" Cheaper or different than the existing options. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message if you've got $5M to do this, you are likely yacht-rich and doing so for dual citizenship purposes. Previous Message here, are doing so because they live in an undesirable location. So, if you want to make comparisons between the two deals, make the people choosing to leave the US go to a similar location. It might make the thought of living in the US more palatable. Previous Message Previous Message The point is that the non-US location isn’t that desirable Previous Message If can be bought for $5 mil, why not allow it to be sold for $5 mil Message Thread: | This response ↓ So would you take the deal? - KingTalkyTiki March 14, 2025, 11:34:59 Yes. Take the $5M, move to Canada. Become US citizen again when Canada becomes a state. - doubledown March 14, 2025, 22:20:01 A question that really makes you think - memester March 14, 2025, 22:09:09 What’s this deal? Having issues with the link.* - Carl Spackler March 14, 2025, 14:58:02 Would you sell your US citizenship for $5 million and move to another country?* - Chuck Woodaby March 14, 2025, 15:00:07 ooo - Sammich March 14, 2025, 14:59:49 how many countries would you move to? - VIV March 14, 2025, 13:05:28 Most European countries (perhaps not those that touch Russia) - GrandmotherPearlsJam March 14, 2025, 20:57:01 For $5 million, I'd move just about anywhere* - Sounder March 14, 2025, 14:33:44 Congrats! You’ve been selected to go to Yemen. * - VIV March 14, 2025, 20:44:13 Is his name Chandler? * - harb March 15, 2025, 18:10:28 The centroid of the Outback?* - Warrin'_Illini March 14, 2025, 14:50:27 I said just about anywhere - Sounder March 14, 2025, 14:53:28 That's like +90% of places.* - Warrin'_Illini March 14, 2025, 14:56:19 How about Senegal then? - Potomac March 14, 2025, 20:49:59 almost nowhere in Africa or South America, simply for climate/wildlife reasons - Sammich March 14, 2025, 13:10:49 Wildlife reasons?* - Sounder March 14, 2025, 14:32:26 bugs and venomous snakes, mostly* - Sammich March 14, 2025, 14:47:18 Given how much of an inside person I expect you are - Sounder March 14, 2025, 14:50:51 no, but I'd prefer to go somewhere that the chances are actual zero instead of approaching zero - Sammich March 14, 2025, 14:54:20 I would pretty much take any deal for 5 million as long as it didn't involve something terrible. - JFG March 14, 2025, 13:00:01 And would people take the deal if you don’t get to choose your destination? - jjlocke923 March 14, 2025, 11:49:08 why wouldn't you get to choose your destination?* - VIV March 14, 2025, 12:02:02 if you could, Greenland obvi * - memyselfandillini March 14, 2025, 20:46:20 I’m just trying to make the two deals more equitable. In theory, the people paying the $5M to come - jjlocke923 March 14, 2025, 12:05:54 i can't imagine the majority of gold card applicants will be from undesirable locations. - VIV March 14, 2025, 12:15:41 I think it’s for Russians. That’s why he’s doing it* - cpsteine March 14, 2025, 16:37:03 If you're yacht rich, what would the benefit be?* - longsnapper March 14, 2025, 12:18:20 Getting Citizenship in a country that is a stable democracy that follows the rule of law. - IlliniRunner March 14, 2025, 13:10:47 lower taxes* - VIV March 14, 2025, 12:20:36 I don't know enough of international tax law, but I'm not sure how this is any - longsnapper March 14, 2025, 12:52:58 i was 100% spitballing. i definitely don't know the nuances of international tax law - VIV March 14, 2025, 12:58:36 I’d think the target population is rich Russians and Chinese worried about getting purged.* - DT March 14, 2025, 12:17:10 Yeah, not many people with that much "clean" net worth would participate* - longsnapper March 14, 2025, 12:19:05 Classic jjlocke923. - KingTalkyTiki March 14, 2025, 11:50:16 ooo - JeffFrank March 14, 2025, 11:58:52 The assumptions from everyone about how many people outside the US can afford a $5M payment - gvibes March 14, 2025, 11:43:22 Ok, how about $2.5 mil... - KingTalkyTiki March 14, 2025, 11:54:24 $5M and just having to move somewhere else? Heck yeah I’d take it. - voiceofreason March 14, 2025, 11:39:35 I understood what he was getting at immediately, re: AAs.* - cpsteine March 14, 2025, 11:42:03 Same. - complainant March 14, 2025, 22:56:08   Searching