Right, you could live a middle class life for 20 years and then retire in Nicaragua or something with 10 million USD... ...or you could just pay 20% (or whatev

Right, you could live a middle class life for 20 years and then retire in Nicaragua or something with 10 million USD... ...or you could just pay 20% (or whatever) cap gains taxes and immediately use your 8 million USD in the US- That seems like the preferable option.