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| -Short Attention Span Theater- | |
| $70B at risk and the effect it might have on deciding when to retire | |
| 2011-02-12 | |
| No article to link to. Just a thought I had. And that thought is: If you thought that the hard-earned fruit of all your 29 years of blood, sweat, and tears were to be stripped away, would you want to retire without a fight? Heck, the poor guy won't even be able to afford a small country at the rate his money seems to be disappearing.
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| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 The wifes/daughters will want to go shopping in Paris, 'moose. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-12 22:55 |
| #4 Eventually, the world is going to need an island of "Freedonia". The way this is achieved is for a large group of people to take over a small country by immigration, then renounce its treaties and make it a new nation. The most likely prospect are the Pitcairn Islands, population 48, which are a British colony. Since many of its residents are moving out, it could easily be peacefully taken over, then ask Britain for independence, which would probably be granted. Once that was done, then the islands could be opened up as essentially a high class resort for ex-dictators, drug lords, embezzlers and other wealthy criminals avoiding extradition, billionaires as a tax haven, what have you. Protected by a mercenary army paid for by its wealthy residents. With a 200 mile exclusion zone for unauthorized ships and aircraft. This would also include Pitcairn's outlaying islands, Oeno, Henderson, and Ducie. This would solve a lot of the world's problems, and be one in the eye to those seeking revenge or worldwide control. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-12 11:08 |
| #3 Between inflation and the rumblings about nationalizing pensions and 401(k)s, I'm having some sympathy with Mubarak here. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-02-12 09:53 |
| #2 No story. Just a stray thought I had. It probably accounts for at least 2/3 of the time he spent hanging on to his throne after his crackdown failed. I'm hoping to win a Pulitzer Prize with this. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-02-12 04:32 |
| #1 where is the story? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-02-12 02:30 |