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Not true. Retirees with generous pensions are a great opportunity for any country. They will bring money to your country without the need to produce anything. T

by neves 9y ago

Not true. Retirees with generous pensions are a great opportunity for any country. They will bring money to your country without the need to produce anything. They won't consume a lot of public resources (no need of school or of police repression). They will reform a house, eat in your good restaurants, and enjoy all the services you can offer. A lot of countries hunt for wealthy retirees, like Portugal and Australia. Sure you must have your health insurance.

ceejayoz 9y ago
> They won't consume a lot of public resources If you ignore healthcare, nursing homes, etc., perhaps.
- gozur88 9y ago
  Those aren't public resources. That's why they typically only let you in if you're relatively wealthy.
wtbob 9y ago
> They won't consume a lot of public resources (no need of school or of police repression). Either the host country's end-of-life medical care is not great by American standards (in which case what you write is true, but many Americans wouldn't care to move), or it is, and a retiree would consume considerable public resources. Unfortunately, there's no way to have it both ways.
- mortehu 9y ago
  There actually is a way: move to a country where the same level of care costs less even with no government subsidies. I think this would include most of Europe and the far East.
- aianus 9y ago
  Or the doctors and hospital admins there only make a terrific salary instead of an obscene one.
  - Consultant32452 9y ago
    This is the result of central planning on the part of government. It allowed the AMA to do insane things like stopping new medical schools from opening for DECADES. It allows the AMA to continue to artificially limit the practitioners in all medical professions to keep wages high. As a specific anecdote of the problem of government in healthcare: in my city a new children's hospital opened up a few years ago. The other area hospitals petitioned the government to not allow them to build the hospital until certain concessions were met. Among the concessions I'm aware of are not allowing the new hospital to own a medical chopper for 8 years. It was also not allowed to build a Level 1 trauma center. And of course that's after YEARS of not even being able to break ground while all this negotiating and concessions were being figured out. This type of interference raised the cost of healthcare for everyone in my city while likely decreasing the quality of care.
    - incompatible 9y ago
      Why does the government care what the other hospitals think? Would they stop a new burger bar opening too close to a McDonalds, if McDonalds petitioned them for long enough?
      - Consultant32452 9y ago
        The cynical reason is because the hospitals are massive tax-bases and the owners of the hospitals are political donors. The other reason is that the government has an interest in maximizing economic growth, among other things, which is why it has zoning power. Citizens in the area, including local businesses such as other hospitals, may raise any number of concerns about building projects. Further, any citizen (or corporation) can hold up just about any project for as long as it's willing to keep paying legal fees to fight projects based on trumped up bullshit about esoteric zoning laws that were written a century ago that they probably broke when building their own hospital.
      - sliken 9y ago
        Yes, it's the way the world works. Homeowners vote against new developments (which decreases the cost of their homes). Everyone with a liquor license lobbies against more liquor licenses. Every grocery store lobbies against more grocery stores. Amusingly this causes big issues between state governments (who wants growth) and cities where most voters/business owners want to limit growth to protect themselves.
bmelton 9y ago
Sure, they'll consume all the services you offer, and especially health care, as the parent suggests. But, yes, you need to have a generous pension, as well as meet another number of requirements that vary from place to place. In order to emigrate and retire in New Zealand[1], for example, you need to a) be healthy b) bring your own insurance c) bring ~$350k in savings and $40k annual income with you The UK imposes an "independent means[2]" requirement, to prevent retirees from being a drain on the economy, as does Australia, Canada[3], etc. [1] - http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/072115/what-does-it-cost-retire-new-zealand.asp http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/072115... [2] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083052/Foreigners-60-banned-moving-UK-simply-retirement.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083052/Foreigners-6... [3] - http://www.livingabroadincanada.com/getting-started/retirement/ http://www.livingabroadincanada.com/getting-started/retireme...
- Rapzid 9y ago
  Or, in the case of New Zealand at least, already be a permanent resident :D
- deleted 9y ago
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by neves 9y ago

ceejayoz 9y ago

> They won't consume a lot of public resources If you ignore healthcare, nursing homes, etc., perhaps.

gozur88 9y ago
Those aren't public resources. That's why they typically only let you in if you're relatively wealthy.

wtbob 9y ago

> They won't consume a lot of public resources (no need of school or of police repression). Either the host country's end-of-life medical care is not great by American standards (in which case what you write is true, but many Americans wouldn't care to move), or it is, and a retiree would consume considerable public resources. Unfortunately, there's no way to have it both ways.

mortehu 9y ago
There actually is a way: move to a country where the same level of care costs less even with no government subsidies. I think this would include most of Europe and the far East.
aianus 9y ago
Or the doctors and hospital admins there only make a terrific salary instead of an obscene one.
- Consultant32452 9y ago
  This is the result of central planning on the part of government. It allowed the AMA to do insane things like stopping new medical schools from opening for DECADES. It allows the AMA to continue to artificially limit the practitioners in all medical professions to keep wages high. As a specific anecdote of the problem of government in healthcare: in my city a new children's hospital opened up a few years ago. The other area hospitals petitioned the government to not allow them to build the hospital until certain concessions were met. Among the concessions I'm aware of are not allowing the new hospital to own a medical chopper for 8 years. It was also not allowed to build a Level 1 trauma center. And of course that's after YEARS of not even being able to break ground while all this negotiating and concessions were being figured out. This type of interference raised the cost of healthcare for everyone in my city while likely decreasing the quality of care.
  - incompatible 9y ago
    Why does the government care what the other hospitals think? Would they stop a new burger bar opening too close to a McDonalds, if McDonalds petitioned them for long enough?
    - Consultant32452 9y ago
      The cynical reason is because the hospitals are massive tax-bases and the owners of the hospitals are political donors. The other reason is that the government has an interest in maximizing economic growth, among other things, which is why it has zoning power. Citizens in the area, including local businesses such as other hospitals, may raise any number of concerns about building projects. Further, any citizen (or corporation) can hold up just about any project for as long as it's willing to keep paying legal fees to fight projects based on trumped up bullshit about esoteric zoning laws that were written a century ago that they probably broke when building their own hospital.
    - sliken 9y ago
      Yes, it's the way the world works. Homeowners vote against new developments (which decreases the cost of their homes). Everyone with a liquor license lobbies against more liquor licenses. Every grocery store lobbies against more grocery stores. Amusingly this causes big issues between state governments (who wants growth) and cities where most voters/business owners want to limit growth to protect themselves.

bmelton 9y ago

Sure, they'll consume all the services you offer, and especially health care, as the parent suggests. But, yes, you need to have a generous pension, as well as meet another number of requirements that vary from place to place. In order to emigrate and retire in New Zealand[1], for example, you need to a) be healthy b) bring your own insurance c) bring ~$350k in savings and $40k annual income with you The UK imposes an "independent means[2]" requirement, to prevent retirees from being a drain on the economy, as does Australia, Canada[3], etc. [1] - http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/072115/what-does-it-cost-retire-new-zealand.asp http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/072115... [2] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083052/Foreigners-60-banned-moving-UK-simply-retirement.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083052/Foreigners-6... [3] - http://www.livingabroadincanada.com/getting-started/retirement/ http://www.livingabroadincanada.com/getting-started/retireme...

Rapzid 9y ago
Or, in the case of New Zealand at least, already be a permanent resident :D
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