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Quantess

(27,630 posts)
30. Well, I can see your point about that.
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 05:18 PM
Apr 2012

But then, I don't think it's an easy accomplishment anyway, to relocate to another country. One needs to consider whether the other country will want you to stay for more than a vacation. It's just not an option for most Americans.

"You can’t be about profit and be about a social service." elleng Apr 2012 #1
That simple malaise Apr 2012 #5
+1 Fearless Apr 2012 #37
+ another 1 n/t Beartracks Apr 2012 #45
Good for her. More people should abandon this shithole. nt Nay Apr 2012 #2
I'd LOVE to go there! No resources to do it, though... Ship of Fools Apr 2012 #3
I'd love to blow this pop stand of a country. Not able to financially. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #6
Try telling this to the "Love it or leave it" crew . . . HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #7
+1 n/t n2doc Apr 2012 #17
My reply to them is always. obxhead Apr 2012 #18
I would leave if it were possible. dogknob Apr 2012 #24
The US is a virtual prison. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #26
You realize that those who can do so are predominantly the upper-middle coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #31
Some people here seem to not give a shit. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #42
Hmm, Daniel537 only joined DU 9 April 2012 and yet feels comfortable deriding people as peacebird Apr 2012 #53
"Surely they can sell their summer home if need be" seems to be the reaction. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #50
She went to NZ and GOT single payer health care. To me that is NOT giving up. KurtNYC Apr 2012 #4
+1 nt xchrom Apr 2012 #9
+2 Fearless Apr 2012 #38
Good luck to her. Maybe if we keep losing doctors to other countries our own government southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #8
We're planning to do the same. LittleGirl Apr 2012 #10
It's easy to give up. mmonk Apr 2012 #11
Unfortunately, not everyone has this opportunity. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #12
this kind of an exodus can be avoided if the left would get more serious about challenging talk radi certainot Apr 2012 #13
Rush, arguably the most followed right wing talk radio but has obxhead Apr 2012 #20
he's point man for 1000 coordinated stations, creating made-to-order constituencies and alternate certainot Apr 2012 #75
Right Wing Talk Radio is a Huge Problem For Us, But What Can We Do About It? AndyTiedye Apr 2012 #43
RW radio monopoly can't survive without university sports, and those unis should be ashamed certainot Apr 2012 #74
That is a Good Suggestion AndyTiedye Apr 2012 #76
+1000... Anyone who questions the power of a broadcast platform to disseminate shcrane71 Apr 2012 #60
Funny my two daughters have thought about New Zealand exboyfil Apr 2012 #14
They damned near had to drag me on the plane in NZ. sofa king Apr 2012 #15
Most places people want to go to are hard to get into. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #16
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free” harun Apr 2012 #19
She's lucky she has a profession that can "move" easily. If she were a hairdresser or clerk SoCalDem Apr 2012 #21
I don't know if it has changed, but my wife and I looked into relocating 15 years ago Dragonfli Apr 2012 #23
Sorry, I am on the fence about this one. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #22
But that was New Zealand's choice to let her in. Quantess Apr 2012 #27
I am not speaking about one individual Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #28
Well, I can see your point about that. Quantess Apr 2012 #30
She wants Romney to win!!!11! OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #25
The sort of attitude displayed in this thread is why the Right is able to label us as Anti-American. Mr.Turnip Apr 2012 #29
The U.S. IS a shithole. 50 million Americans currently receiving food stamps. 44 million coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #32
Amen. Plus...we're up to our asses in debt...so far, in fact, we're NEVER going to get out. Period. BlueJazz Apr 2012 #48
The way to win hearts and minds OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #33
And see that's why someone like you will never win an election in any major capacity. Mr.Turnip Apr 2012 #35
Was I trying to win an election? OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #36
That's the problem. white_wolf Apr 2012 #40
America is a fairly highly-developed Western Nation with a currently flawed Economic system. Mr.Turnip Apr 2012 #51
"It's by no measure the worst place in the world" -- aka damning it with faint praise. I guess you coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #54
Whoo hoo! We're better than North Korea! OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #62
Of course, there are worse places to live. white_wolf Apr 2012 #56
Ok. Let's do this. FedUp_Queer Apr 2012 #47
You need BOTH, and they DON'T get along. That's why politics is hard. saras Apr 2012 #52
Fair enough. FedUp_Queer Apr 2012 #73
+1 Daniel537 Apr 2012 #41
brown nosing has gotten us this far got root Apr 2012 #59
Why do you care what the 'Right thinks'?? Surely if you are a Democrat you know that the Right sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #63
I've Been To Heaven nwliberalkiwi Apr 2012 #34
Good luck getting citizenship SHRED Apr 2012 #39
Glad she could move to NZ newfie11 Apr 2012 #44
K&R DeSwiss Apr 2012 #46
Wish we could subcontract our healthcare system to France. n/t SDjack Apr 2012 #49
Smart people are leaving this country magic59 Apr 2012 #55
More expats gave up citizenship EmeraldCityGrl Apr 2012 #58
The awful truth. Mimosa Apr 2012 #57
I was just thinking that the US will have a brain drain first as the most educated shcrane71 Apr 2012 #61
it will be massive ....what will be left lovuian Apr 2012 #64
Move over lavish suburbs! Make way for favellas. nt shcrane71 Apr 2012 #72
Lucky her Domingo Tavella Apr 2012 #65
Hmmm Bigredhunk Apr 2012 #66
can't say i blame her Tax Man Apr 2012 #67
It's all of our loss that such a dedicated professional has chosen to leave suffragette Apr 2012 #68
If she's over 55 she can't get in. wickerwoman Apr 2012 #69
The former chair of HCFA-WA got in at age 57 eridani Apr 2012 #71
Incredibly depressing because it's true AnnieK401 Apr 2012 #70
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