“A real American fights to change the perceived failings of his government. For all of your wealth, you are pathetic.”
Absolutely. These so called ‘wealthy’ people.......they are going to lose it all eventually anyway. They are not welcomed here and further more, when they run for ‘cover’ guess who they will be running to? And I say ‘kick their asses back out into the line of fire’
Several years ago, there was a crowd of bombastic “citizen of the world” types on FR, known pejoratively as the FROBL (Free Republic Open Borders Lobby), who loved to mock American workers as lazy and overpaid, and that they deserved to lose their jobs. That illegal immigrants saved them money, and meant more $$$PROFIT$$$, so it was a good thing, no matter what. China? No threat, just lazy Americans complaining.
They all loved Dubai. What was not to love for such people? Virtual slave class to do all the dirty work, minimal taxation on the special, protected class of expats, decadent adult entertainment galore, so long as you stayed within districts created for that.
I assume their formerly expensive, but now cheap condos are sinking into the gulf along with all the other ridiculous manmade islands shaped like palm trees and such, in that ill-conceived, beyond-the-reach-of-most-financial-regulation Disney World for hot, dirty money and the people who covet it.
Good riddance. If and when it all goes down, short of having some off-grid hidey hole way back up in the Andes or something, it’s not going to be any better elsewhere, and will quite possibly be much worse.
/rant off