I'm going to get an "International Citizenship"

I'm NOT kidding. I'm actually DEAD SERIOUS.

The idea is that you choose which country you think gives you the fairest deal... and you become a citizen of that country (even if you don't technically live there. Yes, this requires upfront money... but on an ethical and moral basis, I think it's the right thing to do.)


There's 2 sections to this page which represents my ideology:

1. Ethical / Moral JUSTIFICATION
2. Details of gaining an "International Citizenship"
   

Part 1: JUSTIFICATION

If someone you don't even know really fucked up... and they came up to you and said, "Please sir, can I have half of your money?"... what would you say?

Let's say you actually gave them your money... do you think there's a good chance they might just fuck it all up again... because they know they can just get someone to give them a bunch of money if they do?

Well, that's exactly why I would say "Sorry, but no. There's a good reason you have to earn your way, and you'll survive in the end".

Yet, if someone fucks up in America... which is supposedly not socialist... I end up paying for their food, their house, and now, their good health, too.

Nice.

How much of your income does the government need to provide all that? How much do income tax, sales tax, state taxes, local taxes, etc all add up to? 25% of your income? More?

What percentage of that is actually for your protection? (whether it be from telecallers, terrorists, or from huge corporations taking a crap on you for more profit)

Look -- I DO NOT buy into this re-distribution of wealth (via "stimulus bills" and "free health care") shit for one second. I believe you should have to earn your way, taking total responsibility for your own life. I do not believe in spoon feeding from the government. I think this is just a way for politicians to secretly pocket some of the money in the midst of ineffective bureaucracy.

It's just against what I believe to be ethically and morally right. It's your job to take care of yourself. Not my job. And if it were my job, what's to motivate you to ever grow passed basic necessity?

Once taxes pass the 25% mark, to me, that's clearly socialist. And as you can see, I'm anti-socialist. That's just not for me. And that's where I'm living. I can either deal with it and live feeling like I'm giving up my income so others can live lazily... or I can stop paying the system which supports those which fail (thus, supporting failure, and building a country on that principle), stop paying the corruption that is politics, and instead give myself at the very least, some options:

-Stop paying the % taxes that account for "free hand-outs" to others and risk getting nuked by the government.

-Pay taxes to another country in which I find the tax % to be more agreeable (less perfect, but far less risky. And in the end, I'm all about happiness... I wouldn't be happy knowing the government could nuke me for not giving them 100% of what they ask for.)

Part 2: International Citizenship

So what is it and how does it work?

Instead of "you live here, you pay the taxes here", you get to live anywhere you want and pay the taxes of the government you most agree with (instead of 1 government to support, you get over 100 to choose from.)

Cheating? Maybe. But it seems a lot better to not have to give up everything you love just because you can't stand the people who own your land and you aren't willing to pay increasing demands in which you get nothing back.

And in this post-internet world, you don't have to. You can legitimately pay taxes to the government of your choice while living in the land of your choice. It does cost time, money, and convenience... and the price isn't low... but it might be a lot better than the alternative.

Here's how I'M going to do it. There might be cheaper, better ways... and if you find one, let me know... but here's how it works from my viewpoint.

You choose a country.

You "move" there (meaning, you buy yourself a one way ticket, get yourself a permanent home, and announce to all authorities that you are now a resident and wannabe-citizen of this new country.)

You "take a vacation" back (meaning, you buy yourself a "vacation home" in the land of your choice and pay and act as if you were from the other country visiting. There is technically no limit to how long you can spend on vacation.)

You pay taxes to the country in which you have chosen to become a citizen, you pay your rent in that country, you pay a higher price to get anything here as a "non-resident", and it ends up being pretty impractical and expensive. Especially if you've gotta fly back and forth every once in a while.

But, if the USA fucks up the economy and needs 50% of your money to fix their problems... and the value of the US dollar goes out the window and everything turns to shit while still demanding half your money... it might very well be worth it... especially if you get your income from the internet and have a good amount of money (with a job on the internet, I make FAR more money getting paid in Euros than in a 3rd world currency.)

So if you consider that I want to have a lot of money from my job on the internet... and that I disagree with our government... and that I love this land to death and would never want to live in a foreign country over my homeland... then you can see why this is the direction I'm headed in.