A thread at Zero Hedge yesterday had a few replies on a topic I have discussed with a few people before:
Leaving the USA if things get bad.
This is another large subject that I will address in more depth as time goes on. I have already had discussions of this with three people, "virtual friends", from zerohedge.com. We have a Gold / Exfiltration Discussion Group (which is just a grand way of saying we email each other items of interest on these two subjects).
Items up for later discussion include:
-- Under what conditions would you leave? How bad would it have to be?
-- Where would you go?
-- How much money do you have, how realistic is for you to go to Switzerland?
-- Do you know the language and do you understand and accept the culture where you would go?
-- Have you even BEEN THERE before? For how long?
-- Is your family on board with this idea?
-- What if you have to leave a LOT OF MONEY behind?
My answers for the moment:
-- VERY BAD here
-- Peru
-- Enough for Peru
-- Yes
-- Yes, spent lots of time there
-- Uhh...,
-- Uhh...,
So there! I look forward to your comments and emails as we begin to explore this subject in the coming weeks.
I am going to guess that the next article will discuss specific countries! I have had a lot of correspondence on what countries are good as well as NO GOOD.
Answering according to the list:
ReplyDelete-No plans to leave the US, whatsoever.
-I do have dual citizenship w/ Australia, and I live close to the Canadian border. These are the most realistic options should it come to that point.
-Both places mentioned speak English, though I also know enough German to get by, no plans to wing it to Europe.
-Yes, I have traveled widely, including Australia, Europe, Israel. 6 months for a couple places, 2 week vacations for others.
-Single, do my own thing.
-Wisdom is more precious than silver or gold. Am attached to my stash, but not too proud to work, as I am doing now anyway.
Its a big world and I like the idea of not tying yourself to one particular location for any symbolic reasons. There's a lot to explore and we only have one life time to do it.
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