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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:18:00 -0800
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On 11/9/2024 4:51 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 11/9/2024 4:01 PM, D wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/9/2024 8:32 AM, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Idaho.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or Montana.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Paul, that confirms what I have so far been thinking 
>>>>>> about in
>>>>>> terms of places to move to. I have also heard good things about 
>>>>>> Wyoming,
>>>>>> South dakota, and someone, as strange as it may sound, also 
>>>>>> recommended
>>>>>> the far eastern parts of oregon. Not sure about that one, but that 
>>>>>> was one
>>>>>> recommendation as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oregon is weird because it has a very wide mix of different 
>>>>> locations with
>>>>> very different cultures in the same state and while you might like the
>>>>> far eastern part, you won't like the state politics as a whole 
>>>>> (because
>>>>> neither side does).
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like sweden! No one likes the politics and very different 
>>>> cultures depending on the area you are in.
>>>>
>>>>> You would like Wyoming if you like long distances with nothing.  It is
>>>>> almost the opposite of Europe in terms of just being able to feel like
>>>>> you are nowhere.  I find that pleasant for a while, but not long-term.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the 
>>>> middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is 
>>>> not going to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and 
>>>> all that stuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have 
>>>> to be 2-3 hours by car from some kind of bigger city. =(
>>>>
>>>>> You might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have an
>>>>> intense interest in personal independence.  Unfortunately it is also
>>>>> filled with people who have problems who had thought that if they 
>>>>> could
>>>>> just get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they brought
>>>>> their problems with them to Alaska.
>>>>
>>>> Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that 
>>>> could work! ;)
>>>
>>> Alaska, unfortunately for your politics, has a government that
>>> interferes in the free market, with a Universal Basic Income
>>> scheme
>>>
>>> The state has a $50 billion Permanent Fund, and sends checks
>>> to every resident each year. The amount varies by year,
>>> $1200 - $3000 being typical.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> It actually might not interfere at all, if Alaska takes my money 
>> without my consent in the form of taxes. In that case, it could 
>> potentially be return of my property. If I paid no taxes in alaska, 
>> then accepting that government handout would be highly unethical, I 
>> agree with you there.
> 
> The state of Alaska has no sales or income taxes. The state does tax
> some things (rental cars, hotels, etc), mostly to extract money
> from tourists. Some towns do have a sales tax.
> 
> But those permanent fund checks come from the state of Alaska, to which
> residents pay nothing.
> 
If recipients are taking anyone's money it would be the oil companies' 
money.

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dirty old man.