American Consequences - July 2020

and liked it. But he never did say why he chose Ireland? Is it just because he had Irish Grandparents? I think he stated that he has an EU passport, why choose Ireland? Why not come back to America? Raise cash, OK but how much? If you raise cash, how do you get it out to location Z? How much or how long do you plan on executing plan Z? – Fergus F. Kim Iskyan comment: Hi Fergus – thanks for your e-mail. Let me tackle the last part of your question first. To me, Plan Z is like eating well and exercising regularly... It’s partly an attitude, and there are concrete measures that you can take – which subsequently require some upkeep. Many dimensions of a Plan Z (including elements that I didn’t address) – residency, citizenship, foreign real estate, foreign bank accounts and brokerage, language proficiency, and plenty of other pieces – require upkeep and aren’t a one-and- done kind of thing. And in the bigger picture, it’s about conceiving the types of challenges you and your family may face, and being creative (and proactive) about how you can address them. Regarding cash... it doesn’t help much if you can’t access it, so the bank account (or gold or bitcoin) needs to be accessible. I’d suggest having at least twice what you’d usually have as a rainy-day fund. But that’s also a function of the gravity of the challenges that you’re facing... the liquidity of your investments... and the standard of living that you’re accustomed to. And your question, why Ireland? To back up

aspect of this control is to divide all of us along every fissure of humanity. The more division driven, the greater the hate, the fear, the hysteria, and lack of hope for all, save those choreographing the destruction of humanity. – A.J. Buck Sexton comment: A.J. – Wokeness has absolutely become a tool of corporations in a variety of contexts. For one thing, it buys a level of social justice insurance when a major conglomerate writes checks to Black Lives Matter. If it turns out that the company has a sexual harassment scandal in their midst, or the public finds out that six-year-olds in some far-off country are making sneakers for pennies an hour – the company can use the stored-up capital of “wokeness.” Corporate cowardice is a plague that will only get worse in the months ahead. Re: Why Everyone Needs a Plan Z Kim Iskyan’s Plan Z article was a little funny, a little helpful, and just whacky enough to be fun until... until he had to make fun of Trump’s disinfectant joke/comment. Taking this seriously puts American Consequences in the same camp as MSNBC, CNN and Pravda. – Craig B. Steven Longenecker comment: Craig, I can assure you that we have never been camping with MSNBC, CNN, or Pravda. We haven’t even received an invite from a single mainstream journalist to drink a beer in the woods... or vodka, in the case of Russia’s newspapermen.

I just finished reading Kim Iskyan’s plan Z

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