As of today (it changes constantly), my plan is Portugal or Spain. Mexico / Canada would be the easiest, but if I'm leaving I want to get far away.
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Portugal has some nice expat incentives from what I've been reading.
I doubt I'll end up doing it (being an expat), but my dream retirement locations are Cork, Ireland or Cobh, Ireland.
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I have yet to visit Portugal, but am going there July 2026. Staying is Cascais, Portugal. Looking forward to it and exploring Portugal.
I doubt I will ever live permanently outside the US, but I lived in Greece for a summer two years ago (my profile pic is from the place we stayed) and will be living in Tropea, Italy for part of next year. The best thing about having a place to live in Europe is that it is ridiculously inexpensive (compared to US) to travel between European countries and towns. I had a $34 flight from Croatia to Budapest last year and then just a $11 train ride to Vienna.
And IMO, can’t beat the food in Italy and Greece. Could have fresh pasta and gyros all week.
Getting citizenship in Australia was very expensive and difficult. I’m still glad I did it.
Trump has mentioned getting rid of citizenship based taxation. It is absurd we do it. That would be a kind move for him but if he realized he was why people were expats he would change his mind.
Polds4OSU
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Trump is up to stopping 10 wars now
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
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REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
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REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine? TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
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Polds4OSU
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Im not sure how Republicans (or anyone really) can support this. What's going to keep him from nationalizing petroleum exploration and refining to keep fuel prices low? Taking over farmland and food production if people complain too much about food prices? Pharmaceutical companies if drug costs remain too high?
This on the same day the FBI raids a political opponent?
Hey @Rob B. We still overreacting here or will it be something like straight up political assassination before you think we aren't just a bunch of crybaby liberals?
Anyone want to know what Abrego Garcia is up to?
Apparently hes being charged with human trafficking because I guess the domestic violence charges didn't stick. Also the government is trying to deport him to Uganda because of this.
I think its pretty clear this was just some random dude the government tried to dissappear to fill their self imposed deportation quota and as luck would have it he turned into a political lighting rod. Now that the focus is off him the government is doing everything they can to deport him again because no one crosses the Trump administration and gets away with it.
Now if they are going out of their way to railroad this guy, imagine what they are doing to people with no political leverage. Heck imagine what they would do to any of us if we got in their crosshairs.
Apparently hes being charged with human trafficking because I guess the domestic violence charges didn't stick. Also the government is trying to deport him to Uganda because of this.
I think its pretty clear this was just some random dude the government tried to dissappear to fill their self imposed deportation quota and as luck would have it he turned into a political lighting rod. Now that the focus is off him the government is doing everything they can to deport him again because no one crosses the Trump administration and gets away with it.
Now if they are going out of their way to railroad this guy, imagine what they are doing to people with no political leverage. Heck imagine what they would do to any of us if we got in their crosshairs.
It wasn't an article. It was a Trump tweet.
If you skipped the story Trump was calling for the CEO of Intel to step down a few weeks ago but the company ended up giving the federal government a 10% stake in the company worth approximately 11 billion. So the government pressured a publicly traded company and now owns a sizeable portion of it. My concern is who else are they looking at nationalizing. If you believe in government staying out if private industry, how do you justify this action by the federal government? Also today the FBI raided the home of John Bolton, who was Trump's national security adviser for part of his first term. Their split wasn't amicable and he has been critical of the president ever since. This is seen largely as political retribution.
So is the federal government taking over private industry and targeting political opponents of the president a problem or just business as usual?
It's a problem now and it was a problem then.
When was then?
Don't act like this is the first you've heard of this kind of thing.
Please provide examples
Remind us.
When else did the U.S. Government take a 10% ownership equity interest in a major corporation and what were the circumstances?
So are there examples of the government doing this before? I don't know that Rob is capable of giving an honest answer and am guessing we will see something when pro trump social media comes up with a "But Biden/Obama did it first" false equivalency. There has to be some sort of precedent though. Looking in Google I usually find something pretty quick but so far I have nothing.
Roosevelt went pretty socialist during the great depression but it was all direct government stuff. Things like the TVA were government funded. He seemed to have a distrust of private industry acting in the publics best interest so he just kinda said the government is going to do it instead. The savings and loan issues in the 80's were before my time but it looks like those were bailouts similar to what we saw in 2008. COVID was also throwing money at business without taking equity. The Sally Mae (f them) and Freddie Macs were eventually turned into private companies but I don't think they are backed with equity by the federal government now.
Im not seeing anything where the administration can point to and say this is nothing new.
Stillwater Townie
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I wonder if Trump is going to make it through the full term with his nonsense and senselessness. Trump just called himself "Chief Law Enforcement Officer" in regards to his former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, being raided by the FBI over the handling of classified documents. Being Chief Law Enforcement Officer isn't the same as being Commander in Chief.
"I try and stay out of that stuff, but I'm allowed to be, and I'm Chief Law Enforcement Officer, believe it or not. I don't like to go around saying that, but I am... that's a position. But I purposely don't really want to get involved. I'm not a fan of John Bolton, who is a sleazebag actually, and he suffers major Trump Derangement Syndrome, but so do a lot of people and they're not being affected by anything we do..."
"I try and stay out of that stuff, but I'm allowed to be, and I'm Chief Law Enforcement Officer, believe it or not. I don't like to go around saying that, but I am... that's a position. But I purposely don't really want to get involved. I'm not a fan of John Bolton, who is a sleazebag actually, and he suffers major Trump Derangement Syndrome, but so do a lot of people and they're not being affected by anything we do..."
Stillwater Townie
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How does the U. S. pay nothing for shares that are now valued at approximately $11 billion dollars even make sense? Do they simply print up shares out of thin air like money? I hope a good number of Republicans will complain that it hints at communism.
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