LMFAO, if I was rich, I'll just go to some EU country. Yes I probably get taxed like hell, but still, people are happier which means there's less resentment towards rich people, which means I'm much less likely to get Luigi'd. Win-Win. And the obvious, no fascism, no falling out of windows.
(If I was like really rich, I'll probably donate money on top of the taxes, since I wouldn't be able to use it all anyways.)
Question: We have recently seen that the government can and will revoke green cards at will, why would anybody be interested in this knowing that it offers them at best ephemeral protections.
Money guarantees that. You know who doesn't have 5 million bucks? A student studying in USA who might protest against genocide in Gaza. You know who has 5 millions? People like Venesuelan cartel members.
This is just asinine and reeks of similar level of greed as selling bath water to thirsty horny teenagers. It's no fucking different. It's just a gold card with ugly Trump's face for a lot more money.
It's not about citizenship, it's about access. They know that it doesn't guarantee citizenship or protection, that's what the rest of their money is for.
Why would an immigrant want to come here right now? Trump just sent a bunch of people to El Salvador to rot in prison with no due process. A fancy card wouldn't save them any more than the court order saved Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
There's no way that doesn't apply to him in his own mind. The US is one of only a few countries that double-tax foreign income and the super-wealthy with multinational holdings hate it. $5m to eliminate entire categories of tax? I could see him going through this whole thing just for that single rider.
Though there are also several foreign nationals in his orbit who would greatly benefit from such a program as well...
One of the most worthless human beings to ever walk the earth. What a disaster. First it’s a Tesla yard sale on the White House front lawn and now it’s a monopoly gold card with that ugly Nazis face adorned in it.
Dude is craving attention so much that he needed to put his face on something.
I mean he’s more like the ancient emperor’s than anything else. I see a Julius Caesar moment coming. I don’t condone it but people are just on the brink of losing everything and there’s going to be a retiree that will have nothing to lose soon.
So no, he isn’t the dumbest. There were quite a lot of them that we know about. He’s just our dumb one. Ugh.
You're thinking the EB-5 visa program, I think. That was the fifth "employment based" visa.
You're sort of right, but your numbers are off. It's $1.8 million in cash, but the real kicker is that you need to sustain those 10+ permanent US employees through your investments. Been a popular program since 1990, about 12,000 folks use it a year lately. It's still a thing, you can apply for one today.
A much better deal than handing $5M to US Government. Just buy or start a restaurant, theoretically returning a fair ROI. But losing less than $5M should be easy.
Ultra high cost of living about to go through the roof higher. Hitler level loyalty oath required to not be harassed, and even campaigners have gotten face eaten by leopard deportation or fired. There are many cheaper places in world to live in, without having to pay as much for access.