For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved.

Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by gexla on Sunday August 21, 2011 @12:23PM (#2909491)

You can already buy a citizenship in a number of countries.

EDIT: Commonwealth of Dominica, Saint Kitts, Nevis and Austria are places that I know of.

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Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by ajays on Sunday August 21, 2011 @12:40PM (#2909526)

You can buy a US green card too. Just invest $1M somewhere, and you get a green card. So in effect the money stays with you, thus you're not even "buying" the card; just flashing the dough to get the card.

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Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by kristofferR on Sunday August 21, 2011 @12:55PM (#2909575)

You actually only need to invest 500K if you're investing in certain qualified investments or regional centers with high unemployment rates.

If you're lucky you might make a large portion of the money back or even earn money on it.

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Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by gexla on Sunday August 21, 2011 @01:22PM (#2909643)

The options I'm referring to actually give you a second passport. I don't know much about green cards, but they aren't passports.

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Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by prostoalex on Sunday August 21, 2011 @08:19PM (#2910732)

I don't think people who have a problem with high taxes list US as their dream destination.

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Re:For the very rich, citizenship is a problem to be solved. by canadiansaur on Sunday August 21, 2011 @12:41PM (#2909527)

you can buy a US green card as well, via the EB-5 visa.

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