What's the smallest amount of money you'd need to get to flee the country? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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So imagine this:

you owe X amount of money, and fleeing the country makes it vanish

Or you accidentally are given X amount of money, and fleeing the country is only way to keep it

Inspired by: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/25/they-fled-the-country-to-escape-their-student-debt.html (Who left over 20k. Would not bounce.)

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5684480/worker-accidentally-paid-300-times-salary-vanishes/#:~:text=Instead%2C%20the%20lucky%20man%2C%20who,seen%20or%20heard%20from%20since. (I would bounce)

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nope. Not for a billion.
I live a modest life (no car, no real estate, no luxury) and my most valuable possessions are a laptop, a bicycle and the firewood in my shed, each worth around 500€. But I'm living in a nice little house at the edge of a forest in cycling range to the city and my unionized job, which sustains me and my family, working 33 hours/week with 40 vacation days (plus 12 holidays and unlimited sick days).
I have a support network, a non-profit I volunteer at, free healthcare, secure pension, disability insurance and enough saved up to deal with most emergencies. I know that my friends are actually friends, not freeloaders.

Moving to a different country and receiving a load of money would literally destroy my life.

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