Many, if not most, first world countries have a Golden Visa program. I looked into the whole visa/immigration thing when I moved to Ireland. In fact, the USA is the easiest country to immigrate to in the world BY FAR. Quite a few countries charge 2 or 3 million for their Golden Visa, and I'm pretty sure that's where he got the idea. Also, most countries make it extremely hard for Americans to get a visa of any kind. I wanted to move to France but I'm not a millionaire so could not get a visa. Ireland let me live there but I had to jump through massive hoops (including income verification) every year and pay $600 a year per person. I don't know why people are upset at having more rich immigrants. At least they won't be squeezing money from the taxpayers via welfare, which is also not allowed AT ALL in any other country that I looked at (probably 15 or so first world countries in Europe, Asia, and South America). More TDS on display!
Until now, we have issued green cards after applicants check a box that says “I won’t apply for public benefits”, after which the immediately apply for (and receive welfare benefits. Democrats deem this expensive pretending game palatable, but their tender sensibilities are offended by asking potential immigrants to prove they’re financially secure enough to support themselves.
I bet some member of congress is going to go to an activist judge to get them to put a stop to this and then it will be yet another thing dragged out in the courts.
Amazing how deceived Americans are that they don't know this. What zombies exist here in America that the leaders can continue to divide us based on democrat/republican when it's really the rich vs the poor? The 'elites' use the media to stir the pot and the middle class club one another. Played yet again.
Most countries offers a passport for a fee. A lotta cash goes a long way. Do people not understand the world of commerce and tax havens.
Since 1967, in a landmark Supreme Court case (Afroyim v Rusk) USA citizens were permitted to hold dual citizenship (more than one passport). Currently, I suggest the Israeli passport is most valuable, most especially if you are a criminal because if you flee there, there is no extradition. Take this most recent example.
Add the Las Vegas pedophilia capture of an Israeli cyber-security expert named Tom Artiom Alexandrovich who was arrested/captured while soliciting (online) a minor. He was charged, paid a $10k bond, and immediately fled back to Israel on the promise to return (he still hasn't) to appear in court to face full charges.
Interesting. Fun fact that even Mexico, where practically all our illegal border crosses pass through has far stricter laws than we do about immigration. I would also rather have someone who can AFFORD to pay in a 5 star hotel than someone who pays NOTHING and trashes it!
I’m the great granddaughter of immigrants who came here with no money, worked hard, and gave their future offspring a better life. I know many immigrants who have been doing the same during the past 20 years. I believe we should fix our immigration system so that it works properly without requiring wealth before coming here. I’d like to see U.S. voters stop buying into the notion that we should welcome and admire billionaires. Most of them are not paying their fair share of anything when it comes to the public good.
We have more than our fair share of poor people who have slid in under the Biden regime. More revert to welfare programs than not. I don’t think anyone can say this has been for the public good. And it’s not just THAT, but our schools are a mess with more kids that don’t speak English or have any educational background than we can effectively educate. Don’t get me started on why we have a housing crisis for our own lower income folks. All those “ immigrants” on welfare gotta live somewhere.
I’m not crying a river over the prospect of having people get a visa who can actually support themselves.
Yes, the immigration system was the most broken during the Biden/autopen administration. It has needed fixing for over 30 years. But we don’t need to require an immigrant to have $1M before coming here in order to fix it.
Perhaps not, but after the excesses of the last twenty years, it’s a good start. Your family story of admirable and mirrors mine, BUT our folk came here legally and didn’t require or access public assistance. We have so many of the world’s poor now we can’t possibly continue to accept more or support those we have. Deport and replace with self supporting people who actually WANT to be citizens will help.
There are still plenty of immigrants coming here legally, and they’re not on public assistance and they’re building a better life for their families. They often create businesses that employ people here in our country, and I believe we need more of them. I believe those who come in by paying $1M up front could end up being detrimental to our society. It seems likely to me that, just like the billionaires who are already citizens, these new immigrants could very likely be happy with an unlevel playing field, and an unlevel playing field since the 1990s (i.e., wealthy business owners moving or engaging with factories overseas) is what has destroyed our middle class.
Unfair judgement of the wealthy. Do you really think your less than $100 donation actually runs charities that make a difference? Do the poor that “make an honest living” employ hundreds in their companies and contribute a lot to the GDP? Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate those who work hard to support their families (I come from that stock), as did my husband. He started a business, worked really long hours, took risks, put us on a highly restricted budget and ended up doing well. And we paid in a LOT of taxes.
Some states get around it by giving benefits and then billing the Federal Government when they run out of funds, calling it an emergency. I had a friend who worked in the CA food stamp department and she told me they get it very easily there and this was in 2008. There have been recent reports after DOGE audited them that many more states did the same thing.
Point of clarification: it's not SIGNING per se, it's adding your comments to a submitted petition, adding to 100k others'.
These Actions are petitioned:
1. Petitioners ask the FDA to revoke all BLA’s for every mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for all
demographic groups because manufacturers do not and have never met BLA standards. Further, in granting licensure, FDA failed to enforce these standards.
2. Petitioners ask the FDA to find Comirnaty (all versions) and SPIKEVAX (including
MNEXSPIKE) mislabeled/misbranded.
3. Petitioners ask the FDA to find Comirnaty (all versions) and SPIKEVAX (including
MNEXSPIKE) adulterated or potentially adulterated.
4. Petitioners ask the FDA to properly designate every mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as an
Emergency Use Authorization biologic as long as the HHS Secretary’s Declaration of
Emergency is in effect.
[1] A BLA is a Biologics License Application.
======
My submission (there's a Gray COMMENT button at the top-left) It asked me to "Categorize" my comments, but there was no clear category named "Vaccines" so I left it blank. I did give my name and email address (I'm already "pinned" for the camps anyway), but there're many Anonymous commenters.):
Another commenter has expressed my position well enough: "Revoke Covid Vaccine Licences. Besides the now confirmed tactics, used to push the experimental treatment on the public. We now know. The drug was only approved after regulators violated regulations to get it approved."
Blanket Covid vaccine approvals are an obsence stain on the FDA's record and have destroyed it and the pharmaceutical "pushers" credibility. REVERSE this insane willful blindness and let the restoration begin. Alternatively, continue the PRETENSE and swirl down the drain of irrelevancy.
If you are on a desktop, there is a section on the lower left for comments that shows total comments, then also says
"This count refers to the total comment/submissions received on this document, as of 11:59 PM yesterday. For a detailed description on how the displayed comment count is derived, please see the note on the FAQ page. Note: Comments are made on individual documents within the docket. To review the comments, please click on "Document Comments".
And the link for the "note" takes you the FAQs where you have to figure out how to find the note, cause it doesn't take you to the note.
I’m in the why not category. I’d rather have people who want to be here AND are willing to pay big bucks for the privilege than the illegal criminal hoards & riff-raff from shithole countries that not only expect but demand every imaginable welfare & social service, with Somalis only the most current example….
The other very unpoopular option is close the border completely for a period of two years. No one gets in until we remove the criminals stealing our money. Go ahead and spend our taxpayer “donations” with one way tickets back to their home countries.
I know the bleeding hearts will skewer me, but I am a legal immigrant who is over the bullshit!
Yes, close or pause all legal immigration until we deport a certain amount of illegals & reform the entire immigration system. Variations of this - some targeting particular groups - have been done several times in the past (Grok source). Examples: 1903: Anarchist Exclusion Act, 1930s–1940s: Restrictions on Jewish Refugees During World War II, 1950: Internal Security Act (McCarran Act) , there are more. Gold & platinum card would be one element of reform. The US has been a patsy on this for way too long, & like the abortion issue, has been used as a political tool for way too long.
so, Biden opened the doors for free, and gave out everything for free! BUT, WE ARE FOOTING THE BILL! Why not charge a fee for those who really want in? only problem I see is the ones funded by the commies to infiltrate our society. But, again, what is the difference from the ones who sneak in?
Hopefully background checks weeds out most of the commies. Some will always be fakers but it’s hard to not be caught in b.s. lies when someone actually looks
We have always had "first class". Having money (and being willing to spend it) has always bought a nicer seat, VIP treatment, nicer vehicles, and even healthy food!
If people want to pay to become American citizens why not have it be a legitimate way to raise money?
Hey, there’s no free lunch, right? ;-) I especially enjoyed the “…we’re a gated community (with extremely confusing HOA fees)” quip. And I’ll just add: With different rules and policies for different classes of folks. America … love it or leave it.
John, I don't know about that. If we have different "rules" for different classes, they are not enshrined in our laws. I wouldn't disagree that we have always had different outcomes for different classes, but we must insist that our rules be blind.
We can insist our rules be blind, but that won't mean they are or that the outcome from the rules are blind. 2 people convicted of DUI. Rules are the same: DUI = 6 months suspended license and 2500 fine", both convicted. Punishment 6 month license suspension and 2500 fine. Person with 2500 goes home. Person without 2500 goes to jail, cannot work, loses his job.disproportionate results for the same crime because one person has money and the other does not. That is if the rules are blind.
Yet, when a person with money has a attorney a person without money cannot afford, the rules sometimes morph. The rule "DUI = 6 months suspended license and 2500 fine" becomes "Dui= 5000 fine and no suspension". You could say "the outcome is different", but really, the rule changed for the person with money.
Rules are governed by people and are open to interpretation, and a good proportion of people are not 'blind'. Even if they say they are. So while I agree the rules should be the same for all, they just aren't and those with money will fight to keep it that way. With the money the rest of us don't have. JMO.
Yes, like it or not, the "rules" we live by (or perhaps I should say "consequences") are very different depending on how wealthy you are. I look at "taxation", the wealthy can afford accountants and lawyers to exploit the rules and pay a far lower percentage in taxes than the average person.
Kalinda, thank you for your concrete examples. I see what you mean, and I don't think it's right or fair. I don't know how to equalize it, but I assume someone smarter than me can figure it out.
We don't have class laws, that's true. But businesses have always had VIP programs (Amazon Prime, First Class airplane tickets, First Class train tickets, costs for lawyers, $1,000 a plate political fundraising dinners, toll roads, college degrees, etc).
Nobody is forced to take advantage of these advantages, but those with money do use them.
Do we really need "blind" immigration laws? We let anyone and everyone in equally? Terrorists included?
Sorry, I meant "blind" rules for "citizens." No. No "blind" immigration laws. "X-ray vision" immigration laws. I've already forgot what I was quibbling about... Oh, yes: "different rules for different classes."
THAT was what I was trying to evoke. Our laws ought to reflect THAT unswayable impartiality, and while admitting that they don't--yet--let us agree at least it is still our shared and devoutly desired goal. (And let the laws that don't reflect it get their collective acts together.)
Canada has an economic REQUIREMENT for residency…can you IMAGINE how loudly the blue sky and Twitter-X Karens would chirp if Trump imposed the same requirement??? This is similar to, but not the same. The poor may have to stand in line to get in the US, but they’ve still got a shot, even WITHOUT sponsorship (required in CA if you don’t meet the $$ or employment requirement).
That’s my philosophy. Come on in! As long as you’re disease-free, can pass a language-proficiency test within a year, and can support yourself (or are sponsored by a family who agrees to support you for no more than a year, after that you’re on your own). If you are a self-sufficient, healthy, law-abiding person, welcome to the USA! If not, off ya go.
I may be naive, but I am thinking that despite these wealthy people paying to come here are also going to be vetted pretty thoroughly!
And I have looked at expatriating to other countries (that idea is out the door with all the global fuckery going on) and you must bring in a decent amount of money to put into their system and most of them will never allow you to vote or actually "own" any land or property. Not that I want to go to Mexico, but we should enact their damned immigration policy.
Yeah but those are pesky details. It’s only wrong when Trump’s America does it. 🙄Like Tariffs. Every country on the planet tariffed us to the hilt forever and somehow tariffs worked for their economies, but suddenly they can’t work if WE do it? I’m tired of the two-tier judgement this administration gets.
Congrats on the new subscribers via Megan, Jenna! Whoohoo! And looking forward to your next contribution to the dialogue. I'll read her article later - got to get to work :)
OMG. The left is literally crying buckets that we are keeping those cartel drug runners from reaching our shores loaded with death by obliterating them. BOO HOO. They should be left alone. War crimes! Prisoners of war! NOW they don’t want them? Make up your addled minds, DEMwits. So over this. 🙄😩
Wake me when Trump tries to take away my first and second amendments. Wake me when he puts foreigners and criminals ahead of legal citizens. Wake me when he launders my tax dollars to fund endless wars between other countries. Wake me when he tries to do anything vile that the democrats just did the past four years and MAYBE I’ll perk up. Until then, I like his style.
And to think that this was the catholic school girl who received a 'borax' mouthwashing for just letting a 'little few words' slip out of her peeper...........
only to show up later in life as the 'queen of snark'.
If the nuns only knew then who they were harboring.........
This reminds me of the recent HepB vax for newborns issue, and the other covid shots thing.
Reporters and others are going to act as though they can’t access “it”, (“it” being citizenship or HepB at day 1, a covid shot for your toddler who never needed it and will in fact be far worse off upon getting it). So I say, be SURE to frame it as, “You can still be dirt poor and go through this cruddy system the old way. We simply created a zippy way as well.”
Ron Johnson and Thomas Massie are proof (long imagined) that politicians CAN be intelligent, courageous and have integrity So long as their constituents are able to recognize it
By Income/Passive Funds (Often Leads to Residency)
Costa Rica: Pensionado visa needs $1,000/month pension; Rentista needs $2,500/month stable income or $60k deposit.
Portugal: D7 Visa requires around €870/month (Portugal's minimum wage) in passive income (pensions, investments).
Spain: Non-Lucrative Visa requires 400% IPREM (€32k/yr for one person) in stable funds.
Italy: Digital Nomad Visa requires ~€2,500-€3,000/month (around €30k/yr) income.
Iceland: Requires a high standard living wage for permits (e.g., ~ISK 217k/month).
Ireland: Requires €50,000/year income plus savings.
By Investment (Citizenship by Investment - CBI)
Malta: €700k investment in real estate or significant contribution/bond purchase for citizenship.
St. Kitts & Nevis: CBI programs start from $100k+.
Grenada: Offers CBI via national funds or real estate.
Key Takeaways
Residency vs. Citizenship: Many income requirements are for residency (like D7, Pensionado, Digital Nomad visas), which can then lead to citizenship after several years (e.g., 5-7 years in Costa Rica).
Income Type: Some require pensions/passive income (Costa Rica, Portugal D7), while digital nomad visas need remote work income (Italy, Montenegro).
Investment Routes: Some countries (Malta, St. Kitts) offer direct citizenship for large investments, separate from income-based visas.
Really, ICEland doesn't PAY people to live there? Who knew?
I would sooo move to Costa Rica to be a "Pensionado." Say it with me: PENss i oh NAH doh! However my wife wouldn't, and "my share" wouldn't meet the miminun.
On point as always! This isn't new, now it's just more flagrant and in your face like everything else Trump touches. We already know that the system is biased for those who create the rules. Got caught money laundering, drug dealing, or diddling kids? You're obviously going to be locked behind bars unless you've got money and power. We have seen this over and over again for decades now so instead of us continously focusing on this point, we are distracted by these silly rules that take us away from the bigger picture that criminals are in control.
Jenna, I think you're calling him out on this? We who voted him into office need to be vocal about all the terrible shit he's doing, otherwise we look like lapdogs. RFK Jr. is the only reason I voted for Trump and I'm still glad I did. But.......the rest of it is as bad as the dem's. We need a true third party candidate in 2028, otherwise RFK's reforms won't keep us from collapse.
Yes, Trump has done other good things. Actually I do feel he is making steps toward making the economy not get worse faster. All that changed yesterday however. But again, I doubt hardly anyone else has noticed.
Many, if not most, first world countries have a Golden Visa program. I looked into the whole visa/immigration thing when I moved to Ireland. In fact, the USA is the easiest country to immigrate to in the world BY FAR. Quite a few countries charge 2 or 3 million for their Golden Visa, and I'm pretty sure that's where he got the idea. Also, most countries make it extremely hard for Americans to get a visa of any kind. I wanted to move to France but I'm not a millionaire so could not get a visa. Ireland let me live there but I had to jump through massive hoops (including income verification) every year and pay $600 a year per person. I don't know why people are upset at having more rich immigrants. At least they won't be squeezing money from the taxpayers via welfare, which is also not allowed AT ALL in any other country that I looked at (probably 15 or so first world countries in Europe, Asia, and South America). More TDS on display!
Until now, we have issued green cards after applicants check a box that says “I won’t apply for public benefits”, after which the immediately apply for (and receive welfare benefits. Democrats deem this expensive pretending game palatable, but their tender sensibilities are offended by asking potential immigrants to prove they’re financially secure enough to support themselves.
🎯 Yes, they are fine with poor immigrants and offended by rich ones. Insanity!
I bet some member of congress is going to go to an activist judge to get them to put a stop to this and then it will be yet another thing dragged out in the courts.
Yep, can't have any good policies stand unopposed!
thanks for that practical experience perspective, Heather!
Heather, I bet Trump gets Golden Visa offers in daily mail the way credit cards are pushed on us.
This is true. American's must be rich to move to Europe.
Amazing how deceived Americans are that they don't know this. What zombies exist here in America that the leaders can continue to divide us based on democrat/republican when it's really the rich vs the poor? The 'elites' use the media to stir the pot and the middle class club one another. Played yet again.
Most countries offers a passport for a fee. A lotta cash goes a long way. Do people not understand the world of commerce and tax havens.
Since 1967, in a landmark Supreme Court case (Afroyim v Rusk) USA citizens were permitted to hold dual citizenship (more than one passport). Currently, I suggest the Israeli passport is most valuable, most especially if you are a criminal because if you flee there, there is no extradition. Take this most recent example.
Ponder the wonder of this information.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelensky-associate-at-crux-of-ukrainian-corruption-case-said-to-have-fled-to-israel/
Add the Las Vegas pedophilia capture of an Israeli cyber-security expert named Tom Artiom Alexandrovich who was arrested/captured while soliciting (online) a minor. He was charged, paid a $10k bond, and immediately fled back to Israel on the promise to return (he still hasn't) to appear in court to face full charges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Alexandrovich#2025_arrest_in_Nevada
Just another day in the multiple levels of justice.
Likely, based on his Country of origin, he already had a 'gold' card.
Wow. It's like a haven for criminals.
Interesting. Fun fact that even Mexico, where practically all our illegal border crosses pass through has far stricter laws than we do about immigration. I would also rather have someone who can AFFORD to pay in a 5 star hotel than someone who pays NOTHING and trashes it!
I have been saying this too! Yeah see how well they would like living under Mexico's immigration policy!!!
I’m the great granddaughter of immigrants who came here with no money, worked hard, and gave their future offspring a better life. I know many immigrants who have been doing the same during the past 20 years. I believe we should fix our immigration system so that it works properly without requiring wealth before coming here. I’d like to see U.S. voters stop buying into the notion that we should welcome and admire billionaires. Most of them are not paying their fair share of anything when it comes to the public good.
We have more than our fair share of poor people who have slid in under the Biden regime. More revert to welfare programs than not. I don’t think anyone can say this has been for the public good. And it’s not just THAT, but our schools are a mess with more kids that don’t speak English or have any educational background than we can effectively educate. Don’t get me started on why we have a housing crisis for our own lower income folks. All those “ immigrants” on welfare gotta live somewhere.
I’m not crying a river over the prospect of having people get a visa who can actually support themselves.
Yes, the immigration system was the most broken during the Biden/autopen administration. It has needed fixing for over 30 years. But we don’t need to require an immigrant to have $1M before coming here in order to fix it.
Perhaps not, but after the excesses of the last twenty years, it’s a good start. Your family story of admirable and mirrors mine, BUT our folk came here legally and didn’t require or access public assistance. We have so many of the world’s poor now we can’t possibly continue to accept more or support those we have. Deport and replace with self supporting people who actually WANT to be citizens will help.
There are still plenty of immigrants coming here legally, and they’re not on public assistance and they’re building a better life for their families. They often create businesses that employ people here in our country, and I believe we need more of them. I believe those who come in by paying $1M up front could end up being detrimental to our society. It seems likely to me that, just like the billionaires who are already citizens, these new immigrants could very likely be happy with an unlevel playing field, and an unlevel playing field since the 1990s (i.e., wealthy business owners moving or engaging with factories overseas) is what has destroyed our middle class.
Unfair judgement of the wealthy. Do you really think your less than $100 donation actually runs charities that make a difference? Do the poor that “make an honest living” employ hundreds in their companies and contribute a lot to the GDP? Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate those who work hard to support their families (I come from that stock), as did my husband. He started a business, worked really long hours, took risks, put us on a highly restricted budget and ended up doing well. And we paid in a LOT of taxes.
Very true!
In the past you were not allowed to get any public welfare unless you were a citizen. I guess that changed the last few years?
Some states get around it by giving benefits and then billing the Federal Government when they run out of funds, calling it an emergency. I had a friend who worked in the CA food stamp department and she told me they get it very easily there and this was in 2008. There have been recent reports after DOGE audited them that many more states did the same thing.
The oligarchs will fund the rabble I suppose.
Jenna - sorry but I want to jump the comments for this important “to do”:
We have an opportunity to make our voices heard in an effort to stop the shots.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chd-asks-fda-to-revoke-covid-vaccine-licenses-petition/
I’d like to encourage everyone to post a comment here:
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2025-P-6831-0001
I included three photos of the clots in my comment.
When I first looked at the number of comments posted, it was 300. Now it’s over 100k.
Please share. Let’s make this go viral.
Point of clarification: it's not SIGNING per se, it's adding your comments to a submitted petition, adding to 100k others'.
These Actions are petitioned:
1. Petitioners ask the FDA to revoke all BLA’s for every mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for all
demographic groups because manufacturers do not and have never met BLA standards. Further, in granting licensure, FDA failed to enforce these standards.
2. Petitioners ask the FDA to find Comirnaty (all versions) and SPIKEVAX (including
MNEXSPIKE) mislabeled/misbranded.
3. Petitioners ask the FDA to find Comirnaty (all versions) and SPIKEVAX (including
MNEXSPIKE) adulterated or potentially adulterated.
4. Petitioners ask the FDA to properly designate every mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as an
Emergency Use Authorization biologic as long as the HHS Secretary’s Declaration of
Emergency is in effect.
[1] A BLA is a Biologics License Application.
======
My submission (there's a Gray COMMENT button at the top-left) It asked me to "Categorize" my comments, but there was no clear category named "Vaccines" so I left it blank. I did give my name and email address (I'm already "pinned" for the camps anyway), but there're many Anonymous commenters.):
Another commenter has expressed my position well enough: "Revoke Covid Vaccine Licences. Besides the now confirmed tactics, used to push the experimental treatment on the public. We now know. The drug was only approved after regulators violated regulations to get it approved."
Blanket Covid vaccine approvals are an obsence stain on the FDA's record and have destroyed it and the pharmaceutical "pushers" credibility. REVERSE this insane willful blindness and let the restoration begin. Alternatively, continue the PRETENSE and swirl down the drain of irrelevancy.
Thank you David, for that clarification.
Thanks, Laura. I signed and made my comments known when the number was 300 a few days ago. Great that the numbers are exceeding 100k.
Let’s share and get this number up into the millions!
Thank you Kat!
My pleasure 😇
I’m on this today!
👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Here is Sasha Latypova explaining the non-BLA poison shots being rolled out like tootsies!
Sign the damn petition!
https://substack.com/@sashalatypova/note/c-186707609?r=1u5z16&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Done.
Thank you Mary Ann.
Done and done.
Thank you Marlene!
Done.
Thank you Heather!
When I click it only shows 58 comments???
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2025-P-6831-0001
In this link, I see 100,953 comments received (on the left side of the screen) - which is strange that it hasn't updated since late last night.
If you are on a desktop, there is a section on the lower left for comments that shows total comments, then also says
"This count refers to the total comment/submissions received on this document, as of 11:59 PM yesterday. For a detailed description on how the displayed comment count is derived, please see the note on the FAQ page. Note: Comments are made on individual documents within the docket. To review the comments, please click on "Document Comments".
And the link for the "note" takes you the FAQs where you have to figure out how to find the note, cause it doesn't take you to the note.
I’m in the why not category. I’d rather have people who want to be here AND are willing to pay big bucks for the privilege than the illegal criminal hoards & riff-raff from shithole countries that not only expect but demand every imaginable welfare & social service, with Somalis only the most current example….
I'm already enjoying the picture of seeing them BEHIND me in the line at Wal*Mart on Christmas Eve: "Sorry, buddy; I'll change places for ten grand!"
The other very unpoopular option is close the border completely for a period of two years. No one gets in until we remove the criminals stealing our money. Go ahead and spend our taxpayer “donations” with one way tickets back to their home countries.
I know the bleeding hearts will skewer me, but I am a legal immigrant who is over the bullshit!
Yes, close or pause all legal immigration until we deport a certain amount of illegals & reform the entire immigration system. Variations of this - some targeting particular groups - have been done several times in the past (Grok source). Examples: 1903: Anarchist Exclusion Act, 1930s–1940s: Restrictions on Jewish Refugees During World War II, 1950: Internal Security Act (McCarran Act) , there are more. Gold & platinum card would be one element of reform. The US has been a patsy on this for way too long, & like the abortion issue, has been used as a political tool for way too long.
Brilliant!
so, Biden opened the doors for free, and gave out everything for free! BUT, WE ARE FOOTING THE BILL! Why not charge a fee for those who really want in? only problem I see is the ones funded by the commies to infiltrate our society. But, again, what is the difference from the ones who sneak in?
I was just going to write that.
Dems crying because he's selling the country, meanwhile they actually paid people to come in and destroy the country.
Definitely an improvement.
Hopefully background checks weeds out most of the commies. Some will always be fakers but it’s hard to not be caught in b.s. lies when someone actually looks
cds, a million bucks ought to go a lonnnngggg way towards background checks, right?
Honesty is the best policy.
We have always had "first class". Having money (and being willing to spend it) has always bought a nicer seat, VIP treatment, nicer vehicles, and even healthy food!
If people want to pay to become American citizens why not have it be a legitimate way to raise money?
Hey, there’s no free lunch, right? ;-) I especially enjoyed the “…we’re a gated community (with extremely confusing HOA fees)” quip. And I’ll just add: With different rules and policies for different classes of folks. America … love it or leave it.
Yes, the "HOA" quip is great. We have always had different rules for different classes. Might as well be honest about it!
John, I don't know about that. If we have different "rules" for different classes, they are not enshrined in our laws. I wouldn't disagree that we have always had different outcomes for different classes, but we must insist that our rules be blind.
We can insist our rules be blind, but that won't mean they are or that the outcome from the rules are blind. 2 people convicted of DUI. Rules are the same: DUI = 6 months suspended license and 2500 fine", both convicted. Punishment 6 month license suspension and 2500 fine. Person with 2500 goes home. Person without 2500 goes to jail, cannot work, loses his job.disproportionate results for the same crime because one person has money and the other does not. That is if the rules are blind.
Yet, when a person with money has a attorney a person without money cannot afford, the rules sometimes morph. The rule "DUI = 6 months suspended license and 2500 fine" becomes "Dui= 5000 fine and no suspension". You could say "the outcome is different", but really, the rule changed for the person with money.
Rules are governed by people and are open to interpretation, and a good proportion of people are not 'blind'. Even if they say they are. So while I agree the rules should be the same for all, they just aren't and those with money will fight to keep it that way. With the money the rest of us don't have. JMO.
Yes, like it or not, the "rules" we live by (or perhaps I should say "consequences") are very different depending on how wealthy you are. I look at "taxation", the wealthy can afford accountants and lawyers to exploit the rules and pay a far lower percentage in taxes than the average person.
Kalinda, thank you for your concrete examples. I see what you mean, and I don't think it's right or fair. I don't know how to equalize it, but I assume someone smarter than me can figure it out.
We don't have class laws, that's true. But businesses have always had VIP programs (Amazon Prime, First Class airplane tickets, First Class train tickets, costs for lawyers, $1,000 a plate political fundraising dinners, toll roads, college degrees, etc).
Nobody is forced to take advantage of these advantages, but those with money do use them.
Do we really need "blind" immigration laws? We let anyone and everyone in equally? Terrorists included?
Sorry, I meant "blind" rules for "citizens." No. No "blind" immigration laws. "X-ray vision" immigration laws. I've already forgot what I was quibbling about... Oh, yes: "different rules for different classes."
THAT was what I was trying to evoke. Our laws ought to reflect THAT unswayable impartiality, and while admitting that they don't--yet--let us agree at least it is still our shared and devoutly desired goal. (And let the laws that don't reflect it get their collective acts together.)
Thank you.
Canada has an economic REQUIREMENT for residency…can you IMAGINE how loudly the blue sky and Twitter-X Karens would chirp if Trump imposed the same requirement??? This is similar to, but not the same. The poor may have to stand in line to get in the US, but they’ve still got a shot, even WITHOUT sponsorship (required in CA if you don’t meet the $$ or employment requirement).
that needs to also happen. We need to quit being the country that gives everyone a free lunch.
That’s my philosophy. Come on in! As long as you’re disease-free, can pass a language-proficiency test within a year, and can support yourself (or are sponsored by a family who agrees to support you for no more than a year, after that you’re on your own). If you are a self-sufficient, healthy, law-abiding person, welcome to the USA! If not, off ya go.
I may be naive, but I am thinking that despite these wealthy people paying to come here are also going to be vetted pretty thoroughly!
And I have looked at expatriating to other countries (that idea is out the door with all the global fuckery going on) and you must bring in a decent amount of money to put into their system and most of them will never allow you to vote or actually "own" any land or property. Not that I want to go to Mexico, but we should enact their damned immigration policy.
Ok I am ranting now. Will stop. 🤣
💯agree‼️
This is a good point. It's not like other countries haven't been doing this for a long time!
I just got the Ivermectin book on audible 👍🇨🇦
Many countries already do something like this.
Yeah but those are pesky details. It’s only wrong when Trump’s America does it. 🙄Like Tariffs. Every country on the planet tariffed us to the hilt forever and somehow tariffs worked for their economies, but suddenly they can’t work if WE do it? I’m tired of the two-tier judgement this administration gets.
Congrats on the new subscribers via Megan, Jenna! Whoohoo! And looking forward to your next contribution to the dialogue. I'll read her article later - got to get to work :)
OMG. The left is literally crying buckets that we are keeping those cartel drug runners from reaching our shores loaded with death by obliterating them. BOO HOO. They should be left alone. War crimes! Prisoners of war! NOW they don’t want them? Make up your addled minds, DEMwits. So over this. 🙄😩
Wake me when Trump tries to take away my first and second amendments. Wake me when he puts foreigners and criminals ahead of legal citizens. Wake me when he launders my tax dollars to fund endless wars between other countries. Wake me when he tries to do anything vile that the democrats just did the past four years and MAYBE I’ll perk up. Until then, I like his style.
That pretty much sums up my view on the matter.
Love your style, Janet! 😄
you are amazing - how did I survive so long without knowing you!! Let the hit pieces keep on coming!
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And to think that this was the catholic school girl who received a 'borax' mouthwashing for just letting a 'little few words' slip out of her peeper...........
only to show up later in life as the 'queen of snark'.
If the nuns only knew then who they were harboring.........
LOL
I mean, why not? And it’s sort of next level
genius.
This reminds me of the recent HepB vax for newborns issue, and the other covid shots thing.
Reporters and others are going to act as though they can’t access “it”, (“it” being citizenship or HepB at day 1, a covid shot for your toddler who never needed it and will in fact be far worse off upon getting it). So I say, be SURE to frame it as, “You can still be dirt poor and go through this cruddy system the old way. We simply created a zippy way as well.”
Ron Johnson and Thomas Massie are proof (long imagined) that politicians CAN be intelligent, courageous and have integrity So long as their constituents are able to recognize it
By Income/Passive Funds (Often Leads to Residency)
Costa Rica: Pensionado visa needs $1,000/month pension; Rentista needs $2,500/month stable income or $60k deposit.
Portugal: D7 Visa requires around €870/month (Portugal's minimum wage) in passive income (pensions, investments).
Spain: Non-Lucrative Visa requires 400% IPREM (€32k/yr for one person) in stable funds.
Italy: Digital Nomad Visa requires ~€2,500-€3,000/month (around €30k/yr) income.
Iceland: Requires a high standard living wage for permits (e.g., ~ISK 217k/month).
Ireland: Requires €50,000/year income plus savings.
By Investment (Citizenship by Investment - CBI)
Malta: €700k investment in real estate or significant contribution/bond purchase for citizenship.
St. Kitts & Nevis: CBI programs start from $100k+.
Grenada: Offers CBI via national funds or real estate.
Key Takeaways
Residency vs. Citizenship: Many income requirements are for residency (like D7, Pensionado, Digital Nomad visas), which can then lead to citizenship after several years (e.g., 5-7 years in Costa Rica).
Income Type: Some require pensions/passive income (Costa Rica, Portugal D7), while digital nomad visas need remote work income (Italy, Montenegro).
Investment Routes: Some countries (Malta, St. Kitts) offer direct citizenship for large investments, separate from income-based visas.
Really, ICEland doesn't PAY people to live there? Who knew?
I would sooo move to Costa Rica to be a "Pensionado." Say it with me: PENss i oh NAH doh! However my wife wouldn't, and "my share" wouldn't meet the miminun.
On point as always! This isn't new, now it's just more flagrant and in your face like everything else Trump touches. We already know that the system is biased for those who create the rules. Got caught money laundering, drug dealing, or diddling kids? You're obviously going to be locked behind bars unless you've got money and power. We have seen this over and over again for decades now so instead of us continously focusing on this point, we are distracted by these silly rules that take us away from the bigger picture that criminals are in control.
Thank you Laura! Here to ask for everyone's support to so that we can attempt to stop the clot shots from a grassroots level: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2025-P-6831-0001
Have a great weekend everyone!
Jenna, I think you're calling him out on this? We who voted him into office need to be vocal about all the terrible shit he's doing, otherwise we look like lapdogs. RFK Jr. is the only reason I voted for Trump and I'm still glad I did. But.......the rest of it is as bad as the dem's. We need a true third party candidate in 2028, otherwise RFK's reforms won't keep us from collapse.
{smile} The best thing Trump has done was to appoint RFK!
And slow down the DEI train and the climate change crazies. But on economic policy, not much has changed.
Yes, Trump has done other good things. Actually I do feel he is making steps toward making the economy not get worse faster. All that changed yesterday however. But again, I doubt hardly anyone else has noticed.