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jeff47

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31. That pool is a subset of the retirees who want to immigrate.

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #30)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:03 PM

Jan 2015

Do you want me to draw a Venn diagram?

Do the people wanting to immigrate because they don't make enough to live decently not have to check immigration policies?

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Is a Great Grey Exodus from America Starting? [View all] ND-Dem Jan 2015 OP

My 'retirement income' is ok, elleng Jan 2015 #1

Cuz they prefer North Korea over Baltimore? zappaman Jan 2015 #2

LMAO! stevenleser Jan 2015 #16

So Balto. is a retirement destination, what's it like? appalachiablue Jan 2015 #17

Oh the wisdom of Zappaman. n/t truedelphi Jan 2015 #26

Here in Vegas the R/V parks are full of folks in your boots. Wellstone ruled Jan 2015 #3

our elected politicians of all parties allow us to be fleeced of all we have every few msongs Jan 2015 #4

I considered it during the BushCheney era, but the bottom line for me is this: my adult kids.... Hekate Jan 2015 #5

friend of mine near retirement plans to move to central america dembotoz Jan 2015 #6

I wonder.... CANDO Jan 2015 #27

We made plans--after disastrous 2004 election--to exit the country. mnhtnbb Jan 2015 #7

I would just rent.... n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2015 #25

That option is not generally available. jeff47 Jan 2015 #8

the article doesn't say anything about canada. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #10

Nope, just an example of a frequently mentioned place. jeff47 Jan 2015 #11

not frequently mentioned in this article. retirees don't go to other developed countries in search ND-Dem Jan 2015 #12

Yet frequently mentioned in this thread jeff47 Jan 2015 #14

i didn't see it mentioned at all in this thread, let along frequently. maybe i missed it, could ND-Dem Jan 2015 #15

If only that sentence had another clause. Perhaps after the "and". jeff47 Jan 2015 #22

The article is about retirees who want to immigrate because they don't make enough to live decently ND-Dem Jan 2015 #30

That pool is a subset of the retirees who want to immigrate. jeff47 Jan 2015 #31

Canada isn't difficult but it does require a strategy Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #18

Congrats on the citizenship...nt SidDithers Jan 2015 #19

Congrats, but my understanding is age plays a very large part of it. jeff47 Jan 2015 #21

Chiang Mai is great oldandhappy Jan 2015 #9

How much is that? flamingdem Jan 2015 #13

The retirement visa oldandhappy Jan 2015 #20

Yeah, I could live like a queen on my retirement savings in another country - LiberalElite Jan 2015 #23

Will the exiled still vote? daredtowork Jan 2015 #24

A woman in my water aerobics class moved to Chiang Mai Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2015 #28

three more years.... mike_c Jan 2015 #29

My Friends Moved To Costa Rica AnnieBW Jan 2015 #32