Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’

Re:Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’ by adventured on Sunday June 30, 2013 @04:32PM (#5967074)

He was making $125,000 per year, and $200,000 was the most that he made earlier in his career.

Here's the math. $150,000 average - $44,000 for income taxes. Subtract another minimum of $3k to $4k per month for living expenses, given he was in Hawaii.

Snowden likely couldn't have saved more than $35k to $50k per year.

It would have taken him a decade or more to save the kind of funds required to both buy citizenship and live on it.

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Re:Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’ by agilebyte on Sunday June 30, 2013 @05:53PM (#5967388)

Dominica citizenship goes for $100k (1).

Cost of living in Dominica (2) is between 40-60% cheaper than in Honolulu. Working as a telecommuting freelancer I think he would be fine.

1: http://www.isla-offshore.com/services/citizenship-dominica/

2: http://www.numbeo.com/

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Re:Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’ by br78 on Sunday June 30, 2013 @08:31PM (#5967969)

Is Dominica a safe haven from CIA rendition though?

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Re:Julian Assange: Edward Snowden is ‘marooned in Russia’ by taeric on Sunday June 30, 2013 @04:41PM (#5967108)

Just going from your own numbers, he could have saved about 70k a year, if he was motivated. Right? (150 - 44 - 3.5 * 12)

That said, yeah, probably not enough to retire on.

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