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Where can one find information geared to the other retirees? Those
who do not have $250,000 to invest in real estate? All these expatriate
news magazines are so geared toward the gentry! Not all retirees
are from Miami Beach, you know! International Living and you are
just so gentry oriented. Come on! Give some information for
the average retiree who has less than $10,000 annual income. The
USA is teeming with people like me who want a warm, friendly, inexpensive
place to live out the remainder of our days. Get real, and focus on the
average run of the mill retiree. You are too wrapped up in selling
information it seems instead of really aiding someone in finding a cheap
place to live. Damn. Get real !
I presume
by 'gentry' you mean people with money. The two are not always the same.
People with a lot of money can afford to live anywhere in the world they
like. Escape Artist is catering for the hardworking middle
class who have bust a gut to get into the next wage bracket only to find
themselves in the next tax bracket; with no family credit, tax credits,
low earnings credits to negate the effects of higher taxes. So, they look
to find a place to settle where the money goes further. There are
lots of places in the world where you could easily live on $10,000 a year,
but don't expect all the comforts of home to come along free. And, sadly,
there is no avoiding the fact that re-locating costs money. The Editor
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In the 1970's
I lived in a macrobiotic commune in Japan. Being young, 20, it was
easy to adjust to this kind of living. And being a young woman in
a country where noone spoke English it was a good support having people
around me.
Following
the macrobiotic diet was a must. The only problem was that noone
really had any money so the food was very limited until I and two other
Europeans paid their monthly room rate. There was not a real structure
that I could tell and everyone just went their own ways. Not being
able to peak Japanese certainly made me a little less approachable for
the Japanese.
I did appreciate
the togetherness though. Some had their own rooms and others (like myself)
shared with some other travellers. I lived there for 6 months and
didn't want to stay any longer.
A friend of
mine, in the Netherlands lived in a much more successful commune.
All of the memebers who were single (some with children) bought into the
property, all had their own living quarters in a huge multi-storied storied
building. There was a communal room and kitchen and regular meetings and
get-togethers were organized. Their concept was cummunal living to
share the responsibilty of raising their children, cost of living being
cheaper with shared appliances, tasks, cooking, property taxes etc.
I often talk
with girlfriends and many of us would like to live together, (but separately),
to look after one another as we grow older. Being there for one another,
companionship and help in times of need. I do believe that this form
of living should be promoted, especially if people are moving to a foreign
country. Being single I would be interested in this kind of support
living.
Greetings,
Jennifer
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..w.n living quarters in a huge
I lived in
a commune in both India and Oregon from 1979 to 1985. It was organized
around a living enlightened spiritual master. Two of my three children
spend significant parts of their childhoods growing up in this community.
It was the most wonderful experience of my life. We were surrounded
by loving friends who were there for a common reason. This community
stretched my consciousness. Without this experience, I would
not be who I am today. I still maintain strong ties with friends
living all over the world.
"Premrup"
<premrup@mindspring.com>
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Dear Editor,
In the SECTION
FOUR - OFFSHORE INVESTMENT / ASSET PROTECTION / PRIVACY, you have a link
"Protect your Wealth" (which incidentally is broken). The posted
question is "How can I avoid paying U.S. income taxes?" and the answer
offered is "You can't, as long as you are a U.S. person". This is
not actually correct, and most people do not realise it - Mark Nestman
of Sovereign Individual went into print in 2001 to say that, while living
abroad, a US person is entitled to earn (from paid employment) up to $80,000
(and his/her spouse a further $80,000) free of tax, under IR Code 6.
The IRS does not disseminate this priceless information and will continue
without comment to accept tax payments from people who are innocently ignorant
of the tax code.
The ultimate
tax avoidance tool is simply to resign US citizenship, which is still a
US citizen's right, according to several past judgments of the US Supreme
Court. The USA is almost the only country in the world to impose
taxation on its citizens wherever in the world they may reside, which has
the ring of human rights violations.
I suggest,
Sir, that it is incumbent on a service like Escape Artist to promote this
priceless nugget of knowledge, which may save many expatriates much of
their hard earned wealth.
Bryan Baillie
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I have been
getting your Magazine for several months and I love it... I worked in the
state of Veracruze in the City of Orizaba Mexico for 6 months a few years
ago and I knew from that moment on I wanted to relocat or retire in Mexico
or another Latin America country and leave this all behind in the U.S.A.
Your Mag is refreshing and reinforces my desire to do so. If I could
make a living I would leave today. Please keep up the great work
and this goes for all who submit the great articles.
Bobby Loueallen
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| Hi there,
I lived on
a farm near Byron Bay baking essene bread years ago as part of two couples
working a farm and that was challenging enough with the tensions of one
couple flowing onto the other. We looked at the Farm in Tennesee
and Findhorn in Scotland as a bit of a guide to our ethics etc.
Having the
Chief Seattle philosophy of 'Mother Earth is owned by no one' is great
until it's time to find a new home and whoever owns the real estate wins.
After visiting
many communal farms in Australia over the past twenty years the intelligent
ones have worked out how to have their private space as well as communal
kitchens and gardens in a more organised way..not to mention relationships..the
evolution of the ecovillage is still unfolding with fantastic people willing
to experiment with their lives..just so long as they still have a sense
of humour!
With the reality
of global warming, the hopi earth change prophecies and people needing
to relocate to higher ground sooner than later, I think in a short while
we'll see the reality of 'you can't own a biological organism' whether
a human slave, a patented seed or a whole planet..
Of course a
few more of us may need to be killed off before we reach this golden age..
I do have fond
memories though of experimental fruit diets, sweet meals to share in nature,
lots of early morning yoga and a dream of sharing the earth instead of
being greedy
about ownership..
Good luck to
the idealists - I'm off to build a starwbale cottage.
love Rebecca
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