To: Stan who wrote (462330 ) 12/28/2011 3:30:28 AM From: Maurice Winn 1 Recommendation Respond to That's interesting Stan, that Rome sold citizenships [which were obviously one-way transactions such as some countries do by selling passports which is far from a tradable asset]. The Roman Empire obviously got a great deal right judging by the thousands of years of success over such a large area and such divergent people. < To make any citizenship today worth buying it must be, for starters, deemed just as safe from threat as Rome was. > Indeed, the security of the investment, as with all investments, would be very important in determining the price. Obviously, the USA would be able to obtain one of the highest prices for that very reason. what conditions would have to be in place first in a nation before anyone would want to buy one of their tradable citizenships > I'd buy one from Zimbabwe now for the right price [maybe $1000]. Mugabe is on his last legs and it might turn into a really great place with the right constitutional and political processes such as an open capitalist economy. Citizens of course would not be paying taxes. Migrant workers would [much like our daughter and husband in London are migrant workers paying tax but without citizenship benefits]. Greece would be excellent. Great climate. Nice people [when I was last there anyway]. Good central location. As Global Cooling gets underway in 2020, it should do even better as swarms of Swedes, Germans, and British look for warmer locations.
