no, but I'd prefer to go somewhere that the chances are actual zero instead of approaching zero Archived Message Posted by Sammich on March 14, 2025, 14:54:20, in reply to "Given how much of an inside person I expect you are" plus I don't want a tropical or subtropical climate 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