bartminton

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by bartminton 4y ago
Really? Which are those countries? If you never pay into public pension, how can you get a pension then?
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by bartminton 4y ago
Thank you. All that and more.
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by bartminton 4y ago
> This post sounds like it’s satirizing miserable privileged tech workers. It's more someone working since the age of 16. Working hard for an average or more than 13 hours a day for nearly 30 years straight. Earning above average is
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by bartminton 4y ago
As a selfemployed I do not get any pension at all. That's the point. I'd be in for a tax based pension system and I'd happily pay for it. Unfortunately public pension is prohibitively expensive and a pretty bad investment. Yo
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by bartminton 4y ago
I think, yes, that's what is meant.
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by bartminton 4y ago
Thanks for taking the time and putting all those points together. I see the con's and I am sure, that's nothing what we're especially looking forward to. But especially the pro's got totally eroded over here. At least fr
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by bartminton 4y ago
Hawaii is on our list as well. Unfortunately it's very hard to get a working visa for both of us. Otherwise it would be a great option.
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by bartminton 4y ago
We strongly consider New Zealand. Reasons are manyfold, but what from we know from friends living there, it's close to European life style but with an intact nature and mostly mild weather.
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by bartminton 4y ago
That's my thinking. What we witnessed over the last 30 years are more and more local maxima and extremes in regions, which typically have very mild weather. I spent significant amounts of time in a number of countries near the equator
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by bartminton 4y ago
I lived on the Canarias for 3 years way back in the 90s. Loved it, but I guess it is totally different today. Nevertheless, especially Gran Canaria is on top of our list right now. It's still Europe, moving there is super easy. Weather
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by bartminton 4y ago
> and realise that the plans you may not agree with your government only add up to 1% I wish, I could afford your optimism. :) IMHO Germany is getting deconstructed rapidly, and if one of the leading European countries suffers the breakd
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by bartminton 4y ago
I guess, many people share our current point of view, and yes, it's not only the german society which is affected. From a german perspective looking at the US or UK makes me feel very sorry. The leading countries of the free world seem
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by bartminton 4y ago
I admit, I like your point of view very much. If you are not already, you'd make up for a very good leader. In the end we did not yet make a decision to leave. We're juggling different ideas and that thread here opened up a new pa
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by bartminton 4y ago
:+1
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by bartminton 4y ago
Totally with you regarding all points you made. I believe in a horrible recession not only in Germany but also Europe lasting for longer than just 2 or 3 years. I also do believe, that the totally overheated housing market will crash very b
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by bartminton 4y ago
We don't have jewish roots. So not only visa would be quite problematic.
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by bartminton 4y ago
Lack of traffic, yes. No need for a car. Local products and food. Small community. Relaxed and laid back people. Sounds like a dream, right? I doubt, we'll find that, but I am grateful for the point you made.
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by bartminton 4y ago
> That said, I read OPs complaints about polarization and taxes, and I wonder if Latin America might address some of these issues Thank you, that somehow nails it. Some countries on our to-be-checked-list are in Latin America. A personal
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by bartminton 4y ago
Interesting suggestion. I've been to Sofia once in 2006. The city did not make a very good impression back then, but I am sure, the situation changed a lot. Hopefully to the better. I will definitely look into it, since we do not exclu
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by bartminton 4y ago
You might be right. It just feels somehow "off". As I said in another sub thread: I don't really mind the height of the taxes. That would be fine, if infra, public services and the overall outlook were ok. But they are not. A
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by bartminton 4y ago
We still consider a place outside Berlin / Brandenburg. Still that does not change the fact, that the current state of affairs here is hard to digest. We also and especially look for a "warmer" and "brighter" region
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by bartminton 4y ago
> you just need to go there and live there for a while before your own personal scorebook can be updated That seems to be a fact. Nevertheless really interesting to hear other peoples thoughts. Thanks for yours.
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by bartminton 4y ago
>Is that for all your income or "just" over a certain threshold? Regarding income tax, there is a tax free allowance of 9.984. >You said you travelled to different countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Do you consider that n
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by bartminton 4y ago
You're right on progression and Gewerbesteuer deduction. Nevertheless I pay tax rate "Höchststeuersatz" at 45%. Add "Solidarzuschlag" and you end up very close to 50%.
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by bartminton 4y ago
IMO totally valid points, and of course, we're aware that you can run away from "your problems" only to a certain degree. I also agree, that "renewed appreciation" might wait for us sometime in the future. Would be
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by bartminton 4y ago
Income tax + business tax pile up to 50% already. I don't pay social taxes by choice, hence I do not benefit from the social net. If I add up all other taxes then, I end up pretty close at 70%. Meaning mostly VAT, taxes on gas and oil,
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by bartminton 4y ago
> Just move out of that shithole berlin and than reevaluate. :) get your point and love it. As someone born and raised in Berlin the decision is everything but easy. Love-hate-relationship I'd say. But if we leave, we also want to e
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by bartminton 4y ago
Good point. Actually we're not complaining about our high tax rates. It's just that we do not benefit from the state no more. As someone running my own business since 1999 and work as a freelancer, I never paid into the german soc
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by bartminton 4y ago
> But the decision to leave instead of trying to engage and improve things is pretty black and white mentality in itself, isn't it? You've got a point here. Yes, it's giving up. And to be honest, we both gave up. But since
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by bartminton 4y ago
We've traveled to Malaysia and Singapore. Climate-wise both fine, we're just not sure, how easy it is, for Europeans to establish there. Spain is an option, but especially Gran Canaria is on top of our list, I lived there for a wh

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