Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "The “Best Passport” Is Actually Terrible" video.
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If you live in a country like Australia, New Zealand or Canada:
* Make coffee at home, don't buy it (coffee is $5-$9 in most places)
* Don't smoke or drink alcohol for 2yrs
* Don't eat out - only cook at home. Be frivolous with what you buy, cook and eat.
* Don't have holidays or buy gifts for 2yrs
* Reduce all expenditure
In two years, most people on upper middle class wages can save the money to do CBI. If you're lower middle class or just middle class its gonna take you 5yrs of doing this.
If you're really wanting to do CBI and leave the country and have a house, consider selling it, doing CBI and moving abroad.
I'm not saying to do this, and, I recognise that its a lot of money. My point is that its possible. If you're not in the middle class you're basically screwed unless you have friends who're willing to help pool money to get you in, then earn a heap of money and help them get in. This is sadly by design because these countries want money and people who aren't going to be a burden to their country - i.e. wealthy people. Also, by not making it easy, these countries effectively limit how many people become citizens so they don't have millions trying to live in a small country.
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