Comments by "My Namename" (@mynamename5172) on "Nomad Capitalist" channel.

  1. 40 million clients overnight. Good luck N. C.!
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  2. Because he hates the US? To the point that he expatriated himself? And his business is built on helping others who hate the place to leave? Just spit-balling here but I feel like I am in the ballpark.
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  3.  @diogenescasares4294  100% they wanted a bribe. Just take the ferry to Montevideo every 3 months for the rest of your life, stamp in, stamp out. Can take less than one day haha.
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  4. Other countries do not have global taxation, so there is no reason to renounce. The US has incentivized renunciation based on taxation.
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  5.  @theedesertmermaid  Emiratis will just ignore you as an expat. They may not treat their own wives and daughters best, but if you can take the heat, fakeness, and complete lack of character its a fine lifestyle.
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  6.  @darioinfini  I hope Texas stays Texas. My husband is from there and parts of it remind me of Argentina, where I am from. We sometimes consider a move, but then I see some of the bigger cities in Texas and the open border and wonder.
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  7.  @ogunsiron2  Brazil too, for now anyway.
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  8. I love Denmark, but Scandinavia is stunningly expensive. Its not just the taxes (corporate taxes in Denmark used to be oddly reasonable for Scandinavia), its everything single thing you do or buy. And I find service is poor for the price, maybe because its not a tipping culture and the employees get paid for work, or not work. And don't get me started on the rules and regulations. When I lived in Copenhagen it was virtually impossible to throw away large items - the result was even Danes were throwing old TVs and mattresses in ditches in the burbs. Again I love the place, but they have a tax or rule for every minute of every day!
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  9. He has covered Uruguay a bunch in his vids., its expensive and has closed it borders on and off to permanent residents throughout the pandemic. They are locking down again right now. Uruguay exists to serve the 1% of Brazil and Argentina. I like it too, but its not super cheap and again, watch it because sometimes you can't get in.
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  10.  Undercover FBI Agent  Me too!
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  11. I skipped the Powell words of wisdom. His personal story is compelling but the guy is just not my cup of tea for many reasons.
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  12.  @JorgeLuisInAction36  "The US" is not a person, it is a group of 330 million people. Don't collectivize eating. We have tons of vegetarians here, and vegans, and various other similar persuasions. I don't want the government (ie, the US) "going vegetarian" on my behalf, thanks. There are healthy vegetarian diets, and unhealthy vegetarian diets. Just like most other types of diet.
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  13.  @AlicjaChojecka  Until Frau von der Leyen passes her EU wide mandate. I hope she fails but Europe is a bit scary right now. Austria is melting down, Germans are crazy, and even the Dutch are rioting. Yet there is very little news coverage. I am glad Poland is holding strong. Good luck to you!
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  14. The guy above in the comments says the greens in Germany are pushing for global taxation. Its hard to research because they are pushing for every sort of tax under the Sun LOL, google returns 10 trillion results.
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  15. You will not be treated best as a citizen of Argentina. Yeah, yeah, I am a broken record. But its true.
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  16. Inflation is a tax on everyone.
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  17.  @priestesslucy  Yeah 100%. They will nationalize them based on some sort of equity and fairness grounds. I would not put any money in any sort of official US retirement account unless you are very close to the age at which you can withdraw (sometimes with employer matching it still is actually free money IF you know you can get the money out soon)
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  18.  @sebas8225  Spoiler: They do.
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  19. And Cape Town may be no way out, lol. Seriously, we have "refugee" friends from SA staying with us right now. They are eager to never return, they have had it.
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  20.  @snterp  I've been living in the States for about a decade now (wow, time flies!) and I have to say the whole "Americans are dumb and fat" thing gets a little old. I have found Americans to be some of the finest people I have lived amongst (and I have lived all over the place). The only one I have an issue with on the regular is my mother in law. She calls me "the white Mexican" and I avoid her as much as possible, LOL.
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  21. I am betting the Biden-Harris regime goes 10. Harris will push Joe down the stairs during year 2, take over as prez and run 2x thereby getting the full ride of 10 years. She is actually worse than he is.
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  22.  @wdc1040  We have some seasonal winds from the Andes (zonda, google it they can be strong, there are some good vids), but in general its no more dusty than say, Phoenix AZ. I am a local so either I don't notice the things leaving children or they do not leave me unwanted gifts that I have to buy. It certainly does not happen in nicer restaurants. Anywhere south of Texas will have more of that "local flavor" than many gringos (or I) like but that is what it is. Mendoza has less of that sort of nonsense than Buenos Aires (and most other south of Texas) cities IMO. Here I go, saying something nice about somewhere in Argentina! What is the world coming to, LOL?. Its a special day, everyone go buy lottery tickets.
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  23. I was thinking the same about Portugal, LOL
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  24.  @MJ98774  FATCA is not a voting issue in the USA. Half of us are sitting around on welfare not contributing at all. They literally do not care how much other people are taxed and regulated, and in what manner and how it may damage our ability to grow out of our debt or do business at home or overseas. Like the man says, its the guy who gets FATCA repealed will be removed from his job as president, because the idiot masses will vote against "the rich guys hiding money overseas".
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  25.  @martg0  My wife is from Mendoza, nobody in her family, the entire family, likes the government, yet nothing ever changes. It just seems to get worse.
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  26. With a few really reach politicians and connected crony business families in each.
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  27. Lebanon. Mediterranean climate, good skiing, good beaches, beach clubs, yacht club, great nightlife/shopping/spas, fantastic cuisine, personal service (maids, drivers) great. The educated people are some of the most sophisticated on Earth.
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  28.  @Andreas4696  Yeah, it was (sort of) a joke. I am from Argentina, a 7th world country and sinking. I am ok with my new US Passport for now, I am not rich enough that it is killing me.
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  29.  @Andreas4696  Its not going to get better, they do stuff like lower the voting age to 16 to stay in power, and also we have mandatory voting which guarantees the stupid/lofo vote is large. And with this we keep electing terrible politicians (like the woman now) who borrow money, then print money to make it cheaper to pay off, then default anyway. And then the idiots who keep voting for her complain about inflation that she created by printing money like a maniac and defaulting. I have no idea who would even lend Argentina money. And now we are making deals with Chna, so I guess that is who. Our president will sell the country to anyone. LOL we had 4 or 5 presidents in one year not that long ago. Its not a country, its corruption in a box with a side of stupid. But yeah. the scenery is nice. So yeah, I am OK with my US Passport right now. Here is not that bad, yet.
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  30. This woman Aline living in France - her story is a bit off. Seriously, FATCA never bit her until now? How? This law has been in place since 2010. The Post is less and less of a newspaper and more and more like a coffee klatsch for bored DC bureaucrats. We don't take it anymore, or really even read it online.
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  31. It would not 100% surprise me if this harridan Cristina had another go at the Falklands in the future. Its something leftists in Argentina do to gather support from idiots. All over public places in Argentina there are little "las malvinas son argentinas" signs. Never underestimate the power of stupid.
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  32. Its already touching them! Argentina is for vacation, do not buy or invest in anything there. The people are stupid and vote accordingly, over and over and over. And these are real elections, we actually require voter ID and voting is mandatory (stupid idea). This is what the electorate wants, Cristina forever. Leaving was the best thing I have done. Now I have to get out of the US lol.
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  33.  @jeffb.140  How do you know the bus was on time after dropping you off at your hostel? I assume you were no longer on said bus? Or were you so taken by the driver you followed him? Scandinavians are polite and orderly and very punctual (from my south American perspective amazingly punctual), but customer service I find wanting. I stayed at a nice hotel (the one that calls itself "the nicest") in Copenhagen and even the hall lights were calibrated to turn themselves off, leaving guests who weren't Olympic sprinters standing in a dark hallway trying to figure out how to get to their rooms. I loved living in Copenhagen and I liked the crazy Danish ways, but good service? Its just not something they do. Probably something to do with Holger Danske or Jantes Law.
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  34. I just got back from Holland. It is open. No masks except at the airport. People are out at shops, restaurants and bars, indoor and outdoor. No issues flying in. Germany is a mass of nonsense.
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  35. Many currencies in South America are basically pegged to the dollar, and some countries actually officially use it. Uruguay and Argentina, for instance, price most stuff over $100 in US dollars. And the people in Argentina hold huge amounts of cash dollars because the peso is a disaster and the banks are not trustworthy. They will probably be hurt more than the average American.
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  36. Untrue. It varies by state. For instance one extreme example is that you can vote right from jail in Maine. Many states automatically return your right to vote when you are not in jail and in the rest you can petition to have the right restored.
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  37. OK, Europe is off the list. Thanks for saving me a ton of money trying it out!
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  38. Ooh, I love what you have done with your Bogota apartment, you have improved it quite a lot! Cheers.
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  39.  @Dis_is_fine  Exactly. Recently I sat next to a lovely gentleman from Uganda on a flight from the US to Europe. He showed me pictures of his house in Uganda and lots of snaps of his life, and it all looked very nice - modern house, the cows outside it were different but whatever, some wealthy Ugandans love status-symbol cows (and he had a collection of really fancy looking bovines I tell ya). But when I really pressed him on life in Uganda as a full time permanent resident he admitted he lived most of the time in Virginia USA and Dubai with vacations in Amsterdam. So he has a trifecta (quadfecta), of which Uganda plays a small part. I have his contact details and will 100% visit, but visiting <> living full time.
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  40. It is a really good travel document, maybe that is what he means. I agree more with you about the direction of things. And you know that these rules will relax much more for a certain type of New German who wants to enter Germany and vote there than for Germans living abroad who want to add another nationality.
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  41. Its literally impossible to know if you have filed a return correctly, unless its 1040EZ. Which means any time you sign a return it can be used against you and a crime can be found that requires payment + fees + fines + interest.
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  42. I think we need several. I was thinking Uruguay but its expensive and they just closed their borders to their own citizens who are abroad. So that one moved way down my list. If they can do that crap once they can do it again. Maybe Brazil and somewhere in Asia? (I have US/Argentina now, Argentina sucks). And I am looking at an EU passport by descent. I want to be able to move around the globe without some bureaucrat closing doors in my face.
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  43.  @asparrow9876  I have heard that private planes are possible. Private boats as well. But you cannot legally enter the US borders without showing a vaccination certificate. Its a shame because once you get inside the US life is quite normal virus-wise, it is one of the most open places on Earth. You would need to fly/sail to somewhere green on that map - Mexico if you want to stay in North America. Inside Mexico there are still virus restrictions, masks and whatnot. But you can enter the country unvaxxed, they don't even ask.
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  44.  @asparrow9876  You might be able to board an international flight out of Canada using your non-Canadian passport. But really, you should probably speak to a Canadian immigration attorney about your options. They would be able to provide you with current information.
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  45.  @myrnafromcanada1216  Unvaccinated? How? I sometimes hear about Canadians that make it into the US. I am happy to hear it every time, but skeptical as well because unvaccinated foreign nationals are not allowed into the US. Biden made it a presidential order back in 2021 and his handlers seem to want to keep it in place. If unvaxxed Canadians are getting in it is either extreme good luck at some border control point, or some off the books method (or an official asylum visa which Canadians never receive).
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  46. He's a US Marine. I married one of them. They are generally patriotic and will fight to the end for their country. Or they were like that anyway, who knows now as the US military has gone woke.
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  47.  @Originalman144  Income is not the issue with FATCA. Its an obnoxious law that makes foreign banks not want to deal with Americans at all. You could earn $0 and have problems. Retired people have problems. It is awful, and probably one of the main "facts not feels" reasons people get rid of their US citizenship. PS. FATCA is so problematic you can have issues banking abroad even if you were born in the US, but you are no longer a citizen of the US (birthplace is on passports). And yes, the IRS may in fact hassle you if you fail to report one penny over the allowed exemption when working overseas (exemption is currently just over 100k). Zero accountants would tell you to rely on this "probably won't hassle you if you are only a little over" rule. The IRS is nasty, the tax code sucks and is overly complex, and this is another great reason to get rid of US citizenship.
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  48. As a woman, you can marry an Emirati (if you can find one in the sea of Brits and SE Asians). Citizenship takes a long time but residency is pretty much instant (so they can import more Bangladeshi child brides with less paperwork, obvi). And so true about them being extra nice to women, well-behaved modestly dressed expat women in particular! I cannot tell you how many lines I bypassed while living there and what great service I generally received everywhere I went.
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  49. Allahu Akbar
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  50. I don't know you personally but you would probably never meet an Emerati in the Emirates, you would be living in an expat bubble of glitz staffed by Indian guest workers. I have never had a problem in the UAE with harassment or whatnot. It is not my cup of tea (its fine for business, I actually go there for work sometimes) but for living it feels completely fake and is not at all my style. Tons of brits there, so if you are an Irish lady who hates people from England maybe this would be an issue, otherwise fine. Cheers
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