DUmbasses Discuss Fleeing From The Repukes

[GOBUCKS]

In this thread, the DUmbasses all huddle around the fire to dream about where they would go if they could escape from the greatest country on earth.
All they're doing is getting a jump on the countless threads that will explode in the DUmp during the second half of 2012, as it becomes clear we'll have a bunch of repugs running the country again. Surprisingly, the cosmopolitan nutcase nadin hasn't shown up to give the DUmpmonkeys the benefit of her experience.

Drew Richards (374 posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 10:30 PM
Original message
I'm Curious has anybody considered leaving the country? If so where would you go?
If I happened to with a $100 mil lottery I probably would consider moving to a more socialist country such as Norway, Sweden or Switzerland but then again if I won a 100 mil I would probably die from the shock first...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1928241


DUmmy white_wolf is beginning grasp how impossible that law school dream is for someone of his extremely limited intellect:

white_wolf (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 10:31 PM
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1. Norway,Sweden,Germany. Possibly England simply because I wouldn't need to
learn a new language

quinnox  (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 10:32 PM
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4. I wouldn't leave permanently but if I won the lotto
I would get a home in Vancouver, British Columbia and wait out any craziness in the government that happened to take place.

elleng  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 10:32 PM
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5. Yes, if repugs win 2012. Canada,
to be near family; otherwise, maybe Scandinavia (but for weather.) Italy, for the culture.

cherokeeprogressive  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 10:34 PM
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10. Nnnnnnnnnnnnope.
But of course, if you moved to a socialist country with your hundred mil, you'd be willing to part with it for the common good, right?

   

Drew Richards (374 posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 10:36 PM
Response to Reply #10
15. That is not precisely how it works but yes I would willing pay the higher tax rate they require

WheelWalker  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 10:40 PM
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19. May 14, 2003. I considered crossing the River Styx. Decided, not yet.

You made a bad decision. Time to reconsider, DUmmy.

JVS  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:00 PM
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31. The fundamental problem is that the first world countries won't have us and that the countries...
that will have us are the places with the exact kind of problems that we're trying to avoid by leaving to US.

In other words, deadbeat DUmmies aren't welcome in white countries.
Our friend DUmmy TwixVoy had this problem.
 

Lydia Leftcoast  (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:03 PM
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32. It's hard to move to Europe unless you have a parent or grandparent
(depends on the country) who was born there.

I am one generation too far removed for both Norway and Germany, and Norway, at least, is very expensive for anyone who is living on an American income.

I could live comfortably in Japan, but they don't necessarily want older people.

I was beginning to think this DUmmy wasn't a total moron, until that last sentence.
No gaijin can be really comfortable or accepted in Japan.
The place just doesn't work that way.
And costwise, at current exchange rates Japan has to be among the most expensive places on earth.

Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:05 PM
Response to Reply #32
35. They don't want older people???? What's that all about?

Supreme Court decisions do not apply in Japan, DUmbass.

Lydia Leftcoast  (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:45 PM
Response to Reply #35
60. They have so many old people of their own already
It's easier for a younger person, especially if said younger person can find a Japanese spouse.

Then, both the gaijin, and the spouse will be pariahs in Japanese society.

Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:03 PM
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33. The last place on earth I'd want to move to with $100MIL is a socialist country!

  
 

RoccoR5955  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:05 PM
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34. Belgium is the place for me...
10,000,000 people, 1200 different kinds of beer.

 

hunter  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:10 PM
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38. I've left the country without going anywhere.
Sort of a parallel universe kind of thing.

sfpcjock  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:24 PM
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46. The best is Guadalajara or buy some property in Canada
I guess. There are tens of thousands of retirees in Lake Chapala, Mexico where you get health care for like $150/year or something. Puerto Vallarta is also good and the biggest resort town. It's kind of isolated by a long coastal road.

Yeah, Mexico would be a great place to live these days.
Especially if the local narco gangs know you've got lots of money.

tucsonlib (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:26 PM
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49. It's No Longer An Easy Matter To Emigrate..
..to Canada or European countries.

Especially if you're a democrat deadbeat.

mrmpa  (645 posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:27 PM
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50. Montana-oh no that's from Dog Day Afternoon.....
Argentina, Germany, Switzerland.

 

I'm not certain, because the competition is fierce, but DUmmy izquierdista may have come up with the DUmbest post of 2011:

izquierdista (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-12-11 11:39 PM
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57. I've tried it
France is FAR better than the U.S. in so many categories it's not funny. The only downside I can think of is the lack of Mexican restaurants.

Life in Poland is also beginning to surpass the U.S. Choosing between Warsaw and Chicago is pretty much a toss-up  

Living in the former Soviet Union is hard to compare. Moscow is supposed to be the most expensive city in the world by some standards, but outside of there, most of the people are quite poor. The average worker's wage in Ukraine when I lived there was $200/month. That doesn't buy very much, which explains the dearth of places to go out to eat.

Yikes.

alittlelark  (1000+ posts)        Tue Sep-13-11 12:03 AM
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69. Spain - Equador[sic] - Brazil
In that order.

Don't know Spain, but I assume it's like the rest of the dumpy, grimy, depressing eurotrash countries.
Great for a week taking photos, after that, not so much.
No one who has visited Ecuador or Brazil would want to live there. They're awful.

[MoshMasterD]

What, no Venezuela?

[JakeStyle]

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Sep-12-11 11:16 PM
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41. Where we're going, you live for a FRACTION of what it costs to live here.
   
Doctor visits are $25. Doctors actually spend 45 minutes to an hour with you. They make house calls too. No one goes without healthcare. You can be on the National Health plan for $54 a month. Dental cleaning $40. Rent $300-$500 a month (OR LESS...can be more, if you want to spend more). Electric bills $30. No heat or AC needed. Cable $40-50 a month. Food....DIRT CHEAP. All the fruits and veggies you could eat for a week $25-40. Taxi....$2.50 to anywhere in the city. Bus ...25 cents...12 cents for senior citizens. You don't need a car either. Their transportation system is amazing.

You can easily live on a fraction of what you pay here. It's doable in other countries. It's NOT doable here. You would be better off leaving if it's at all possible. Are you a senior? Do you get SS? Do you work via the internet? Do you have a job you could do in another country? Do you have any savings to get you there and an income while there...until you can draw SS if you aren't a senior citizen yet? Also, if you have a friend or family member who could share expenses...that would be even better! EASILY DOABLE if you can share expenses with someone else.
   

Good luck slinging blowjobs in Tijuana, DUmmie in_cog_ni_to. Your liberal utopia doesn't exist.

[GCBill]

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts)
Mon Sep-12-11 10:49 PM
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24. Yep. Leaving in 4 years.
   
As soon as our son graduates college. We have found the PERFECT place to move to. Plans are in the works. We are getting the hell out of this hell-hole of a country. I'm counting the days until we can go. I can't wait.

Everyone repeat after me...

[FreeBorn]

What, no Venezuela?

^5!

Who do they always cite whitebread old European countries as their preferred destinations in these scenarios?

They harp on and on of the virtues of such Utopias as Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, even Mexico for that matter and how much better these countries are than the United States but in their suddenly I'm rich and worldly schemes where do they go?

Libya? LOL, from all their recent rhetoric I thought that was the promised land, better even than a golden ticket to Willie Wonka's chocolate factory.

Farkin' hypocrites.

[diesel driver]

Don't let the front door hit ya where the good Lord split ya on your way out.

We WON'T be leaving the light on for your, should you change your mind.   

[WinOne4TheGipper]

With all of those DUmmies considering a move to Canada, it sort of makes me glad that they haven't heard about the secret GOP plan to invade Canuckistan and condemn the inhabitants to a life of hard labor and no cheetos.

[JohnnyReb]

With all of those DUmmies considering a move to Canada, it sort of makes me glad that they haven't heard about the secret GOP plan to invade Canuckistan and condemn the inhabitants to a life of hard labor and no cheetos.

I forget, old age thing you know...which province was it that I'm going to be made dictator governor of?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I forget, old age thing you know...which province was it that I'm going to be made dictator governor of?

How about we start you off with Quebec?

[JohnnyReb]

How about we start you off with Quebec?

Why do I have to get stuck with the counterfeit Frenches?

[NHSparky]

quinnox  (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 10:32 PM
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4. I wouldn't leave permanently but if I won the lotto
I would get a home in Vancouver, British Columbia and wait out any craziness in the government that happened to take place.

I guess you overlooked those hockey riots a few months ago, eh?

And I've been to Vancouver.  It's a shithole.  Think San Francisco, but colder.

[JohnnyReb]

Lets see here now...DUmmie wins $100 mil lottery...he takes the lump sum settlement...gets $60 mil...fed tax takes about half of that...he now has $30 mil ...according to what state he lives in they get their share...lets say he now has $25 mil left ...now judge won't let him declare bankruptcy...he has to pay off his mortgage/car/student loans and credit cards...he's still in pretty good shape... his old drug dealer hears about his windfall and demands payment of an old drug debt... Dummie refuses to pay...drug dealer shoots and kills DUmmie...family throws a big wake and furneral...blows what's left of the lottery money ...bums a ride to the welfare/foodstamp office the next morning....they're back to square one. 

[Erasmus]

I'm afraid those are just empty promises.  We wouldn't be lucky enough to have all of that scum actually leave the country.

[Gina]

Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:03 PM
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33. The last place on earth I'd want to move to with $100MIL is a socialist country!

so the truth comes out.........as longs as it's someone else's money they will sponge off of it, but their money, NO FUHCUCKING WAY !   

[Splashdown]

Wow. Not one African country mentioned.

DUers are a bunch of racists.

[franksolich]

Wow. Not one African country mentioned.

DUers are a bunch of racists.

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking, when reading this thread.

The primitives are racists.

No mention of Guinea, Congo, Kenya, Angola, et al.

Just old white countries.

The primitives ARE racists.

[Erasmus]

so the truth comes out.........as longs as it's someone else's money they will sponge off of it, but their money, NO FUHCUCKING WAY !   

lol, good catch - once they figure out they'll be taxed out the ass, they don't want to move!  Freudian slip, most likely.

[ScubaGuy]

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Sep-12-11 10:49 PM
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24. Yep. Leaving in 4 years.
   
As soon as our son graduates college. We have found the PERFECT place to move to. Plans are in the works. We are getting the hell out of this hell-hole of a country. I'm counting the days until we can go. I can't wait.

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Sep-12-11 11:16 PM
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41. Where we're going, you live for a FRACTION of what it costs to live here.
   
Doctor visits are $25. Doctors actually spend 45 minutes to an hour with you. They make house calls too. No one goes without healthcare. You can be on the National Health plan for $54 a month. Dental cleaning $40. Rent $300-$500 a month (OR LESS...can be more, if you want to spend more). Electric bills $30. No heat or AC needed. Cable $40-50 a month. Food....DIRT CHEAP. All the fruits and veggies you could eat for a week $25-40. Taxi....$2.50 to anywhere in the city. Bus ...25 cents...12 cents for senior citizens. You don't need a car either. Their transportation system is amazing.

You can easily live on a fraction of what you pay here. It's doable in other countries. It's NOT doable here. You would be better off leaving if it's at all possible. Are you a senior? Do you get SS? Do you work via the internet? Do you have a job you could do in another country? Do you have any savings to get you there and an income while there...until you can draw SS if you aren't a senior citizen yet? Also, if you have a friend or family member who could share expenses...that would be even better! EASILY DOABLE if you can share expenses with someone else.

So where is this magical land of which you speak?

[Gina]

Is he swimming to Cuba? 

[Karin]

GOBUCKS, I did an actual facepalm after reading DUmmie izq...'s restaurant-themed post.  WTF was that?  A dearth of places to go out and eat in the Ukraine?  I'm stunned, just speechless. 

Please go drop that in the Posts that Stand Alone, for prosperity. 

This thread is great fun to read, but Erasmus is right.  Empty promises once again. 

Oh, and that sanctimonious sniff, "I would be happy to pay the higher tax rate they require."  BULLSHIT AND YOU KNOW IT.   

[Ralph Wiggum]

I'm afraid those are just empty promises.  We wouldn't be lucky enough to have all of that scum actually leave the country.

The DUmmies claim this every so often, especially when the Republicans have a majority or the presidency.  And you're right, they are totally empty promises.

[Erasmus]

I would gladly set up and donate to a charity to help permanently relocate liberals to foreign countries, however.

Liberals would be sent one-way plane tickets to their chosen destination and would sign a contract stating that they will not re-enter the United States, nor vote in any future elections, nor file for any Unearned Income Tax Credits (and a few other provisos).  Violation of the agreement would result in refunding the price of the ticket at current ticket prices.

The charity just needs a good name...  something like the Clean Up America Foundation or something.

[Gina]

I would gladly set up and donate to a charity to help permanently relocate liberals to foreign countries, however.

Liberals would be sent one-way plane tickets to their chosen destination and would sign a contract stating that they will not re-enter the United States, nor vote in any future elections, nor file for any Unearned Income Tax Credits (and a few other provisos).  Violation of the agreement would result in refunding the price of the ticket at current ticket prices.
.

Then they will just be illegals.   

[SherryBaby]

What makes these assholes think any country would welcome a traitor into their midst--someone who hates their own country?  It seems a little like marrying the guy who dumped his wife for you.  Eventually, he's going to leave you, too, but not before leaving you FUBAR.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts)      Mon Sep-12-11 11:05 PM
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35. They don't want older people???? What's that all about?

It's called productivity. People who are retired are, be definition, no longer a part of the producing class.

If all you do is consume without producing anything of value then you are a burden to the producing class.

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Sep-12-11 10:49 PM
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24. Yep. Leaving in 4 years.
   
As soon as our son graduates college...

in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Sep-12-11 11:16 PM
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41. Where we're going, you live for a FRACTION of what it costs to live here.

Um-m-m...

...if you moved there now it would only cost a fraction of your current cost of living which means you would have that much more money for your son's education.

However, I must ask: why not take your kid with you? Do they not have colleges in this unnamed paradise of yours? Are those colleges not as good as those in the US?

If so, why not also educate your son for a fraction of the cost.

If not, perhaps there is something unique about the US that allows it to create a society with a higher standard of learning that is worth the added cost. If you knew what that was maybe that value is found in the balance of US society but thos eof you with such shallow thinking seem too easily frustrated to identify that value.