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It's not that simple. Cal, and many other states, has state income tax [10%?] ands everyone will pay "Obamacare". And there has always been social security where, unlike here, it is pooled and spent. All in you can easily pay >50%.
American citizens living o/s always have tax obligations "at home" even if they have never had a US passport and never set foot in the country. If you are born of US citizens you must file US tax returns. I was shocked to read of this just recently, the example given was someone living in Canada.
Apparently you must renounce citizenship to absolve yourself, and that is expensive and time consuming.
"Informed" Americans [may not be too high a percentage] are making plans, moving to the better financed states where services such as police and garbage will be maintained. Expatriate living web sites are busy and they are buying guns, baked beans and gold. The last of the middle class feels under siege.
But I agree that not many are going to move here. They can go to Central America, it's not too far and they can take their guns. Most Yanks can speak street Spanish [I think, I've never been there!].
My brother's even more of a doom and gloomer than I am, and lives out in LA.
He's planning on setting things up so that he can bug out if things turn nasty, and expects serious civil unrest at some unspecified point in the future.
Similarly, someone he was working with a few months back had plans of how to get clear of the city in the event that it all kicked off. And this is an educated, Prius driving type too.
It's possible that there's an undercurrent in California that's making some people nervous, and James Cameron is picking up on this.
Then again, he's about to start production on parts two and three of Avatar, and is likely to need to be in NZ until 2015 or 2016.
I think Aussies should take more note of what's happening within our borders. I have been quite surprised by the increasing popularity of having major dental work done in Thailand and India. Several Argentinians I know wait to see a dentist on their trips home. And before poo-ing poo-ing "3rd world" dentists, you want to look into it more carefully. There might be a few dodgy guys doing breast implants, but their top guys are at least as good as ours; and generally train in the UK, US, Canada, or Australia.
So we've outsourced manufacturing, and are progressively doing the same with retailing manufactured products, and now health services.
Makes sense with a strong AUD and cheap flights.
A little about the hosts of said "news" site..
A 2011 Rolling Stone article described Jones as “a giant in America’s conspiracy subculture,” with a subsequent in-depth profile adding that he made Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, “sound like tea-sipping NPR hosts on Zoloft.”
Gosh he sounds fair and balanced.
I've always known/thought Americans to be provincial in their outlook but a lot of Aussies are too. I also have a Prius driving friend working for Google at Mountain View in CA who also has emergency escape plans if all hell breaks loose. Another mate is an accountant in San Diego who has weathered better than most yanks but still cautious about the future. Agree with your thoughts that there is definitely a nervous undercurrent wafting through the US that you could only understand if you were on the ground.
Are you sure about that? I have a friend who is a US citizen, because she was born there.. she lived in the US for about 2 years as an adult, and 6 mths as a child. I'm fairly confident that she doesnt file a US tax return.American citizens living o/s always have tax obligations "at home" even if they have never had a US passport and never set foot in the country. If you are born of US citizens you must file US tax returns. I was shocked to read of this just recently, the example given was someone living in Canada.
I've always known/thought Americans to be provincial in their outlook but a lot of Aussies are too. I also have a Prius driving friend working for Google at Mountain View in CA who also has emergency escape plans if all hell breaks loose. Another mate is an accountant in San Diego who has weathered better than most yanks but still cautious about the future. Agree with your thoughts that there is definitely a nervous undercurrent wafting through the US that you could only understand if you were on the ground.
I think Thailand is becoming very strong in medical tourism overall. I work for a medical device company, and probably 80% of our Thai business is to wealthy Arabs who come to Thailand for surgery/ treatment.The dentists in Thailand are VERY good. Thailand is the sex change capital of the world...
Am I sure about that? No! But that fact she doesn't file a return doesn't prove I'm wrong either. It may just prove she doesn't know the Inland Revenue tax act.Are you sure about that? I have a friend who is a US citizen, because she was born there.. she lived in the US for about 2 years as an adult, and 6 mths as a child. I'm fairly confident that she doesnt file a US tax return.
A little about the hosts of said "news" site..
A 2011 Rolling Stone article described Jones as “a giant in America’s conspiracy subculture,” with a subsequent in-depth profile adding that he made Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, “sound like tea-sipping NPR hosts on Zoloft.”
Gosh he sounds fair and balanced.
Alex Jones right?
Conspriacy nutcase.
Not worth even reading. It's like going to an ultra-miltant website for a balanced interpretation of the theory of evolution.
He is a laughable hack of a man. The sort that the white trash militia supporters flock to because they are looking for a secret organisation to blame for their own manifest failure in life.
Am I sure about that? No! But that fact she doesn't file a return doesn't prove I'm wrong either. It may just prove she doesn't know the Inland Revenue tax act.
Re-read my original post. I don't think I claimed any "authority".
I didnt mean it in an "accusing" way... just curious as to whether that was definite or not. When i see her next, I'll ask her if she's looked into it.
An interesting vid on why some Americans may choose to abandon ship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u24nH03NccI&feature=player_embedded