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Originally Posted by Robbie
Dude, you're the one getting all "murky"
Let me make it simple:
Smart and ambitious people create wealth. When they all leave...you have a country full of lazy dumbasses.
Nothing "philosophical" there.  |
so, your model is that individuals are a fixed resource, that there is a limited number of smart and therefore wealthy individuals, and that other countries offering inducements to get wealthy individuals to leave is - what exactly?
you are mis-stating the problem.
but at least you are honestly saying you feel it's a zero-sum game.
here's how you mis-state:
"When they all leave..."
the OP, and my response to the OP, said nothing about them ALL leaving.
Nobody is talking about all the wealthy leaving, altho, I can make a good argument that in fact the richest americans have already abandoned the american economy, invested all their capital in the multinational marketplace, which is why job growth in this country is in deep fucking shit.
the OP said "I've heard some countries are going to be running ads in the US to get wealthy Americans to completely move, even offering deals like instant citizenship, no taxes, and interest free loans for their business."
I said: "I hope they fuckin leave.
they ain't doing anything useful here, and if they are gone, it just opens up space for somebody less useless."
my argument is, anybody who would take such an offer is already useless to the country, and we are better off without them, because their absence creates an economic space which can be filled by more locally ambitious persons.