Trump is creating a refugee crisis.
If you want a bit of a giggle, head over to Trumpugees.com .
It’s a website set up by a real estate brokerage in Canada – DeClute Real Estate.
It offers advice to Americans about how to immigrate to Canada, how to legally purchase real estate, but most importantly, “Escape the coming of Trump!”
You just don’t know with Canadians. It looks like a piss-take, but it could actually be real. They certainly have all the info you need if you want to make the move – plus a neat little sales funnel for their brokerage services.
And it did seem like a lot of Americans wanted to leave the night Trump won the election – the Canadian Immigration Website crashed due to a flood of visitors.
But is it really a thing? You hear a lot of Americans say that they’ll move to Canada with every election, but how many of them actually do. I can’t imagine it’s all that many.
I think the few that actually do bother looking into it would find that it’s kind of hard and kind of expensive, and actually, they really like the neighbourhood where they’re living, especially now that amazing new café has just opened up on the corner I mean, omg, have you tried their coffee?
Maybe I’ll just stay put and complain on the internet.
I mean it is kind of bullshit isn’t it? For starters, it’s a total pants-dropping brown-eye to genuine refugees. There are people living under political regimes that have explicit agendas to murder certain sections of the community. There are countries being torn apart by war.
All people have on Trump is that they don’t like the tone and flavour of the things he’s said, plus a whole bunch of imagined crimes that he’s secretly planning in his head.
That doesn’t make you a refugee. That makes you a selfish opportunist.
And if you don’t like where the country’s going, stick around and do something about it. Don’t just pack all your Mac gear into your electric hybrid and head for the border. Roll up your sleaves and get involved.
That’s how democracy works.
Democracy was not designed to give you exactly what you want all the time. If you’re not willing to work for democracy, why would democracy work for you?
Trumpugees.com also has a list of “celebrity Trumpugees” – famous people who have said they’re bailing on America if Trump wins. The list includes Miley Cyrus, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie O’Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg.
I can just imagine how bummed Trump is about this.
“Don’t let the razor-wire gate at the border hit you on the arse on the way out…”
(Actually, I imagine Donald Trump is a fan of Samuel L Jackson. I mean, who isn’t?)
But personally, I think these celebrities will be quietly eating humble pie in the coming weeks.
I think that there isn’t all that much work for Hollywood A-listers in Toronto.
And once they realise how much tax they’re going to have to pay, I imagine they’ll turn their self-centred little tushies around.
And that’s the interesting thing about what’s shaping up in America. We’re looking at a pretty dramatic restructuring of the tax code.
Personal income tax is dropping to 25%, tops. Corporate tax is going to 15% (down from 35%).
But it’s not all one way. Californians just voted for higher taxes. Proposition 55 extended the “temporary” 13.3% tax rate on California’s high-income earners, the highest marginal tax rate in the nation to 2030. It applies to people earning over $250,000 – or 1.5% of the population.
It applies to celebrities.
And these celebrities are probably looking at a 25% Federal marginal tax rate and thinking, this all looks pretty good. They’re probably telling themselves stories about how, actually, they don’t really like the cold and they’re afraid of getting eating by mooses.
And at 25%, I think half of Australia is probably thinking about moving there too.
I don’t know how many people actually choose where they’re living based on tax rates. Personally I love Australia and the Aussie lifestyle. But still, there has to be a point…
But we know for certain that corporations don’t care much for lifestyle. They’ll set up shop wherever it makes the most financial sense. And if America goes to a 15% corporate tax rate – making it one of the lowest in the world – we could expect to see a lot more interest in US investment.
It’s what we saw in Ireland and the UK when they lowered their tax rates.
(Though Apple just got pinged by the EU for receiving “illegal state aid” from Ireland.)
No doubt about it. It’s crash or crash through with the Donald. His tax plan is about making the country more enticing for everybody, including indulged do-goody celebrities.
What do you think? Is he on the right track?
Ross says
Hi Jon, Love your refreshing look on most things. Am quite over the endless bleating by the media on all things negative re Trump… and everything else. I think they are still licking their wounds over getting it all so wrong.
I believe we will see big changes in politics, here as the instant gratification generation, whatever they are called, begin to get momentum and continue stamping their collective feet, as they have done all their lives, and demand more all for doing precious little. Life is still pretty good here… most just don’t realise it.
ron goddard says
yes indeed he is. he is gonna get rid of ALL of those illegal immigrants; mexis and insurgent islamics terrorists who obama brought in by the truckload, and admit 3,500,000 christian refugees into california. if the illegals don’t or won’t go peacefully they will go at the point of a gun(of which there plenty in u.s.a.)
the donald is not messin’ with no son of a bitch immis especially those islamic varmints. i cannot understand why anybody, even with half a brain, would think that h.r.c. (backed by george soros) is a better choice than donald trump. he made his money a bit like you did jonno : entrepenuering and smart deals plus other magical things, which is what one is supposed to do in the land of the free.:-)
there are three reasons i wouldn’t move to america :
* they drive on the wrong side of the road.
* the average wage is only about US$33,000 p.a..
* no afl
the donald is the modern ‘messiah’ for the world, a REAL role model. showing how things are really done. not scumbagging around with the new world order pricks.
there thats it then, up the donald and at 70 years too!! that shows the age of aging is past. its the ‘will’ not the biological age that makes a winner. cheers, ron
Simon says
you can afford to buy a house there on average wage
Stavros says
I am so far king over all the steeple bleating about The Don and how he’s supposed to be a sexist, a racist, a this a that and god knows what else… the demonstrators are paid by the Killary Clinton’s foundation, many of the, (I have to say downright ugly), women Trump was supposed to have abused sexually have stood up and stated they were paid by the clinton foundation to say these defamatory things… He applied for the job, he was elected to do the job… they should all let the man do the job, clean out the corruption there, bring back factories like Apple and Ford, forge closer relations with Russia as Putin wishes to do, and sort out, from the top down, what I refer to as Scamerica, land of the sheep and home of the slave… with Putin and Trump in power, this world may well be on the verge of massive positive changes with far reaching consequences globally…
The Rothschild banking cartel and their fiat currency is the root of most evil on this planet, the backers of most wars, the major shareholders of the pharmacidal (i.e. genocidal) companies, the push and driving force of the mass media and their presstitutes and repeaters (they’re not reporters any longer)… their time has been and now it’s time for this world to purge all of this shit and start with a clean canvas… it may take a while but I believe the first dominoes have started to topple, the rest will follow as a natural downstream effect of these first few…
Go The Don
Steve
Simon says
It’s a sad world when Putin and Trump are the relative saints.
Janie says
Hmmm… I understand why the idea of lower personal taxes is attractive, except our taxes are used to pay for our schools and hospitals etc. So if you pay less in taxes you’re just going to end up paying more for education and health provision. Personally I’d rather pay more in taxes and know that every child in Australia is going to get the education they need and deserve. This doesn’t just benefit the individual child, it benefits the whole of society.
Simon says
and our kids are dumb enuf, and our hospitals bad enuf already,
tho it seems to be management, rather than funding
NoelA says
Yep its awesome to see the Don already following through with his promises to make America great again starting with the investigation into Crooked Hillary….. wait sorry he’s not going to do that oh well at least he is going to sort out that Climate Change Scam ….. sorry he said what!… something about an open mind on climate change, hmmm me thinks he is well on the way to being part of the system which promises everything before being elected and then they disappear, lets just see how the fully funded wall project goes.
Remember politicians are like nappies and need to be changed for the same reason.
ron goddard says
hi kiwi al ..just go to ‘whatdoesitmean’ and see the truth for yourself. some people deride it but most things read on there seem to come to fruition. it does show how much insanity there is in the western world’s media and military. obama and co. want a war..where will that lead/leave us? pretty sad really.
there is enough reading on their to keep you busy all of next year, and the rest of this year,if we are still alive.
Bazza says
Why do all the trumpergees want to go to Canada and not Mexico, as they obviously want open borders?
Zippy says
And when Canada elects a leader they don’t like .. Where will they go then. ??