Number one on the list is the economy. I am going to retire when I am 52. My idea of retiring is that I am actually retired. I estimate that I will make about 2K a month in retirement pay if I stay in for just 20 years. No one can live on just 2K a month in this country. I do not live an extravagant lifestyle. All I want is a comfortable house, a reliable vehicle and enough money to take vacations once in a while. If I stay in the US, I will have to work to supplement my retirement. I will have a graduate degree in military history by the time I retire but the main reason for me getting a formal education is for personal growth and professional advancement, not working while I am retired. I do not see the economy improving much in the near future. In fact, I only see it getting worse before it gets better. Obama is doing nothing to help and I think that whoever is elected after him will not do much better. I would rather live somewhere where my retirement will be able to allow me to live the life I want to live. Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Philippines are three choices but the Philippines is on the top of my list right now. Of course six years is a long ways away and there is always a chance that I will stay longer than just 20 years, but that does not matter. I am not counting on social security being around when I am eligible to receive it. The way I see it I am paying for my grandma's and soon my mothers social security. The money I am putting into the system is there to support the baby boomer's who are retiring, not me even though I am at the tail end of the baby boomer generation.
Of course there is one factor that I am overlooking. There is a chance that I could meet someone and get married again. If they are from the US then there could be a change in my plans. But I am not impressed with American women as a whole so if I do get married again, she will probably not be from the US. There are other factors as well but this is the main one. Maureen wrote: > What on earth has happened to you in this country that would prompt > you to leave? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306884 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
