(03-27-2014 04:07 PM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 03:42 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  At $10 million, there are a lot of places in the world where you could buy all the freedom you want and still get back plenty of change to live very well for a very long time. For one thing, there are plenty of places that are freer than the US.

Jim Rogers keeps trying to talk me into moving to Singapore, but I keep telling him that I'm not going anywhere with worse summers than Houston.

Worse summers, but a better baseball team.

Ouch. Just ******* ouch!

I'm not big on expecting unearned wealth, but I'd probably take it and run, but not without knowing tax implications here and abroad, which would probably cut a big chunk out of it.

(03-27-2014 09:11 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  I would take the money then, you know, come back "illegally".

You beat me to it. I'd come back with more rights than when I left. And I'd pay no taxes and could still vote.

A question of my own:

If you had the $10 million to establish a business outside the country, where would you pick?

(03-27-2014 03:42 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  At $10 million, there are a lot of places in the world where you could buy all the freedom you want and still get back plenty of change to live very well for a very long time. For one thing, there are plenty of places that are freer than the US.

Jim Rogers keeps trying to talk me into moving to Singapore, but I keep telling him that I'm not going anywhere with worse summers than Houston.

Sure...The "cant come back" clause would be the problem for me. I don't see anywhere else with as many nice spots as America has. We have to admit that despite our problems?...we have it pretty damn good in comparison to the rest of the world. Sadly...We are doing everything we can to destroy ourselves from the inside.

Probably not. You cannot put a price tag on some of the places that will forever be a part of who you are. Never being able to see those places again would not be something I could live with.

(03-30-2014 10:11 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 03:42 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  At $10 million, there are a lot of places in the world where you could buy all the freedom you want and still get back plenty of change to live very well for a very long time. For one thing, there are plenty of places that are freer than the US.
Jim Rogers keeps trying to talk me into moving to Singapore, but I keep telling him that I'm not going anywhere with worse summers than Houston.

Sure...The "cant come back" clause would be the problem for me. I don't see anywhere else with as many nice spots as America has. We have to admit that despite our problems?...we have it pretty damn good in comparison to the rest of the world. Sadly...We are doing everything we can to destroy ourselves from the inside.

That last part is what concerns me. If we don't succeed in destroying ourselves from inside in my lifetime, then I see no reason to leave unless there's something like $10 million in it for me.

But if it starts looking like that destruction is going to come sooner, then I will head for the exits. I'm not into going down with sinking ships. I'll roll the dice if I'm staring that in the face, but I think there are places where it would be a relatively low risk dice roll. Had Obama kept democratic supermajorities in both houses of congress long enough to get more of his plans implemented, then I would almost certainly be gone by now.

For those who have given me grief about what happened to the plans to leave that I had expressed earlier, the answer is simple--the 2010 elections.

(03-27-2014 09:11 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  I would take the money then, you know, come back "illegally".

Best answer.

Yes, and I would live in Hawai'i.

...wait, is that part of the U.S.?

Seriously. No. There's only two more years of Obama rule and that's good enough for me. Unless he changes the rules and becomes a king. Then, oh nooooooooo, I'm in trouble.

i'd be in south america in a heartbeat. you could bum around a lifetime on way less than that

(03-27-2014 12:18 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Would I take the money? Maybe. If I could prepare in advance (family, personal property, travel arrangements + destination) to receive the $10m and then had seven days to scram after receiving it, then yes, absolutely I would take it.

But if somebody just showed up unannounced with the cash and said "Now or never" then no. There's just too much other stuff to be worked out and seven days isn't enough time.

Yep, that 7-days clause would be tough to manage. And never visiting again would take some getting used to.

Besides those concerns, I could settle somewhere in southern Ontario, maybe near Toronto or Niagara. About a 3-hour drive for most of my family and close friends to come and visit.