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Aren't you somewhat leaving out the fact that she may still have assets (she may not, I don't know) ?
by ur-whale 3y ago
Aren't you somewhat leaving out the fact that she may still have assets (she may not, I don't know) ?
- hinkley 3y agoTo paraphrase Bo Burnham, and she still will but it’s not as fun now. If she has $50 million squirreled away somewhere she won’t be able to spend it openly. She can be sneaky and keep a slightly comfortable life but she’ll never again have an opportunity to be openly decadent. Debts handled, excellent health care, a little bribery perhaps, and an occasionally get away to somewhere remote, but no conspicuous consumption, which for these people seems to be more than half of the fun.
- sebzim4500 3y agoHow do you get excellent health care when you pay under the table? Surely no one reputable is going to take cash?
- hinkley 3y agoMedical tourism was the angle I was thinking.
- ur-whale 3y ago> How do you get excellent health care when you pay under the table? As is very common, you're thinking within the confines of your borders.
- sebzim4500 3y agoTypically when rich people outside of the US/EU need specialist healthcare they fly to the US/EU. Is your claim that 'excellent' health care can be found outside of these areas, or that paying cash for healthcare is a reasonable proposition in the US/Europe?
- hinkley 3y agoWhen people of intermediate means need major surgery, India is now emerging as a place where you can get better than 80% of the healthcare for 20% of the cost.