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>even though people are supposed to get a work permit if you come as a tourist and work remotely This is a super weird "posture" of legislation some countries

>even though people are supposed to get a work permit if you come as a tourist and work remotely This is a super weird "posture" of legislation some countries around the world have, I do not understand the rationale. If you make money elsewhere, by working elsewhere, never touching nor affecting the local job market, why would you have to get a work permit? If anything, it's good for countries to have people coming in whose only effect in the economy is spending their money, better yet, money brought from elsewhere, an immediate net gain to that country's wealth.

sahila 2y ago
>If anything, it's good for countries to have people coming in whose only effect in the economy is spending their money, better yet, money brought from elsewhere, an immediate net gain to that country's wealth. This seems debatable, there is an influx of money to asset owning individuals at the expense of most other locals now having more competition for housing and services.
- moralestapia 2y ago
  I do get the gentrification argument, but gentrification happens anyway since there's rich people everywhere. Gentrification is not a net negative, since most of the time that money goes to someone on the local community. That's also part of a broader issue, the issue of tourism, if an area is highly desired, prices will go up, this is natural. It's not related to people having a work permit or not, it's related to people willing to pay an extra for a particular product/service, it's a completely different thing. So, coming back to the work permit thing ... why? What is the difference between a guy on holiday that rents an AirBnB in Berlin for two months and spends 20k EUR there vs. a guy that writes code for a living for a US company and rents an AirBnB in Berlin for two months and spends 20k EUR there?
dylan604 2y ago
I think this is one of those areas where "I'm not smart enough" because I have the exact same thoughts as you. Clearly, these rules were implemented by people "smarter than I" to the point that it seems nonsensical to us mere mortals.
- moralestapia 2y ago
  Agree, if anyone knows the why please help us understand.
- daveoc64 2y ago
  It's probably not something that the law in most countries has considered before. The idea of being able to work remotely (especially across international borders) wasn't around when the basics of immigration law and visas were introduced in most places.

sahila 2y ago

>If anything, it's good for countries to have people coming in whose only effect in the economy is spending their money, better yet, money brought from elsewhere, an immediate net gain to that country's wealth. This seems debatable, there is an influx of money to asset owning individuals at the expense of most other locals now having more competition for housing and services.

moralestapia 2y ago
I do get the gentrification argument, but gentrification happens anyway since there's rich people everywhere. Gentrification is not a net negative, since most of the time that money goes to someone on the local community. That's also part of a broader issue, the issue of tourism, if an area is highly desired, prices will go up, this is natural. It's not related to people having a work permit or not, it's related to people willing to pay an extra for a particular product/service, it's a completely different thing. So, coming back to the work permit thing ... why? What is the difference between a guy on holiday that rents an AirBnB in Berlin for two months and spends 20k EUR there vs. a guy that writes code for a living for a US company and rents an AirBnB in Berlin for two months and spends 20k EUR there?

dylan604 2y ago

I think this is one of those areas where "I'm not smart enough" because I have the exact same thoughts as you. Clearly, these rules were implemented by people "smarter than I" to the point that it seems nonsensical to us mere mortals.

moralestapia 2y ago
Agree, if anyone knows the why please help us understand.
daveoc64 2y ago
It's probably not something that the law in most countries has considered before. The idea of being able to work remotely (especially across international borders) wasn't around when the basics of immigration law and visas were introduced in most places.