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Originally Posted by WarChild
Luckily for me I now live in the tropics where I pay no income tax and enjoy warm weather year round. I'll go back to Canada to visit for the summers, because the summers are very nice. To maintain non-resident status I only need to spend 6 months plus a day outside of Canada each year.
I can't even tell you how much better I sleep at night knowing my money is in my bank account and not supporting natives, single welfare mothers and the French.
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Of course you have it good weather-wise and income-tax-wise.... but the question on my mind for you would be..... what things are you giving up in order to live there?
What I mean is.... Well let me first say that the only place I know of that has no income tax on it's people is the Caymen Islands, are there other places similar?
I would be wondering what the standard of health care is like..... what the overall "security" of the country is, and how well-looked-after I'd be in the event of a large scale disaster. Case in point; I've visited Mexico several times, and although tempting in many ways I just don't know if I'd want to live there permanently. In Canada I know that our country is, well, basically safe and secure. I know that our hospitals are as modern and up-to-date as any in the world, and that our government is less likely to go through a military takeover or coup d'etat like some of the banana-republics of the world have experienced.
If you have found a place that allays all those concerns (and possibly others), then by all means if you're feeling charitable please share with me what you've found that's good in the place you now reside. For starters... what country is it? Or... is it an island that is annexed by another country?
Thanks.