Comments on: Terry Gilliam: ex-American

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:35 +0000

@Sean: Indeed.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:02 +0000

I agree w/his sentiment about America but Britain is much worse. The proverbial leaping from frying pan to fire.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:32:32 +0000

@Sue: $$$$ in taxes = you don’t own the product of your labor == you don’t own your body = you are a slave.

That that fact is true in every state on the planet is no reason to ignore it.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:30:30 +0000

It about taxes. Period. $$$$. Sounds very “American” to me to worry about the cash, no?

And realistically, every country is just as bad as the US, everybody has bodies buried somewhere. Grow up and have a look see.

By: Virginian

Virginian — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:27:54 +0000

Uhh — where the hell is the heroism, again? This is a perfectly sensible, eminently logical, tax dodge.

Even though it makes sense for the guy, it’s not as if he’s making some sensible stand. Americans pay taxes on foreign earned income — most other countries don’t. He’s living the expat dream, but so do lots of other greedy old jerks.

*Amazing* films though. I hope he can still get movies made.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:24:59 +0000

Well, I’ve found Slovakia at least to be relatively satisfactory. The state isn’t going to wither away any time soon here, but the tramp of the boot does sound far more distant.

By: MySelfReliance

MySelfReliance — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:08:58 +0000

yeah, i’ve been researching this and it seems hard to immigrate anywhere. I guess that’s why you went stateless. i was trying to gauge a move based on the policing tactics of governments…but it pretty much sucks everywhere except in dirt poor countries. am i just too much of a pessimist?

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:11:27 +0000

@MySelfReliance: Hard. Start thinking about how to go about marrying a Kiwi.

By: MySelfReliance

MySelfReliance — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:12:44 +0000

If there was ever a worse police state than America, it might be Great Britain. But I’m sure we’ll exchange the number one and number two spot a few times over the next ten years. I wonder how hard it is to immigrate to New Zealand?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:46:20 +0000

I’m with Gilliam: if I had dual citizenship, I’d most definitely be considering renouncing my American citizenship at this point. I’ve become more and more disgusted with the American way of doing business over the last eight years that I can barely stand visiting anymore.