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Five Flags of Freedom: Keys to Offshore Liberty – Ultimate Event 2010 Presentation
Posted on March 18, 2010 by Grant Perry
Robert Bauman is legal council to International Living.
Below is a transcript of his “Five Flags of Freedom: Keys to Offshore Liberty” presentation at International Living’s Ultimate Event V held in February 2010.
You can listen to Mr Bauman’s presentation here.
View the powerpoint presentation.
Transcript follows:
I’ll try and be brilliant in the half hour that was allotted to me, but as (Dan) just noted, I have at least two strikes against me: lawyer, politician, former congressmen, politician. That’s three strikes and then you’re out.
It seems this congressman died and went to heaven and Saint Peter was at the gates of heaven and he said, we really think you should consider the possibilities here that there is more than just heaven. He said, we’re going to require you congressman to go down to hell.
The elevator is right over there. Go down and look it over and see what you think, you’ve been a man of judgment, noting issues up and down. Go down there and then you can make your decision and if you want to you can come back and we will certainly admit you here if that is your decision.
So, down, down he went. The doors opened and there is the smiling devil shaking his hand. There is music lofting through the air. There’s this golf course and a country club. Some of his former colleagues are there.
They’re having filet mignon and champagne. This goes on all afternoon. They play a few rounds; they have a wonderful time; brandy and cigars. And then the devil says, well, the day is over now you have to go back and make your choice.
So up the elevator he goes – the elevator, up, up, up. He opens the doors and Saint Peter is there and he says, congressman, what do you think? And the congressman was rather puzzled, he says, you know, Saint Peter I would never have thought for a moment – I mean I like this place with the fluffy clouds and the harps and the angles and all, that’s what I’ve always expected, but I didn’t expect what I found down there.
It was just wonderful; really nice, everything a person would want. I don’t want to offend you Saint Peter, but I think maybe I will choose going down there. Okay that is your choice.
Down he goes in the elevator – down, down, down. The doors open. He looks out on a field of smoke and brimstone and fire and people screaming and hollering and suffering and the devil is standing there still smiling very broadly.
The congressman says, I don’t understand what happened. Yesterday I was here and everything was so wonderful. All these things that I would like and do like. And now, this? And the devil said, yesterday was the campaign. Today, you voted.
And boy, don’t we all know what that means these days, I tell you.
Well, I woke up this morning and watched the television and noticed they were rioting in Greece in the streets because apparently every other person in Greece is on the government payroll, almost close to Washington, and they don’t like their pay to be cut because Greece is now virtually bankrupt thanks to Goldman-Sachs who did all of the financing for them.
Oddly enough they did the financial arranging for the housing industry too, that’s another thing.
But, that was sort of my opening news this morning and then I noticed that the congress of the United States, which is sort of like a Toyota congress, it doesn’t have any brakes apparently, today, passed another $15 billion jobs bill. The jobs, meaning they want to keep their jobs and they are trying to buy them by this legislation.
So, I leave you – I open with a quote, idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. And I tend to be somewhat of a cynic because I spent a lot of time in Washington. I started out as a page when I was 15 years old. I served on the house staff for about 15 years. I came back to the house and served there for eight years.
And I must say that over the many years – I’ll be 73 next month. Over the many years that I’ve watched the government of the United States, I really worry about my country. And one of the reasons I’m here today is to discuss alternatives to that.
I know that some people might feel some of my suggestions might even border on the unpatriotic. On the other hand, I think you’re realistic people and I think you are here for a reason.
It was Aristotle who many, many years ago told us that the basis of the democratic state is liberty and our liberty is definitely in great jeopardy.
In the last few years, I would not have believed some of the changes that have occurred in the United States and currently, hopefully, if the democratic system works and people get on their hind legs and these tea party folks and these other get together, they will be able to make some changes.
But, I have no confidence having served as a republican, served with democrats, that either one of these parties has gotten the message yet.
The late George Wallace was not a hero of mine, but he did say one thing I agree with, there is not a dime’s worth of different between the two of them. Sad to say.
Well, some years ago Agora Publishing, which is our home for International Living and the Sovereign Society, both of which I serve as legal counsel. Some years ago they bought a series of books called scope books which were based in England.
And one of those books was written by a world traveler by the name of Bill Hill, which is sort of a nom de plume, it was not his actual name. The name of the book was PT the Perpetual Traveler. Some of you have heard of that over the years. It is not in print anymore, but it had a good run while it was being published.
And I actually spoke to Bill Hill on the phone one day; Bob Kephart was one of the founders – the founder of the Sovereign Society and he was a go between for Bill.
Bill was somewhere in an undisclosed location, which is where he always was. And he was having trouble with the IRS or – by the way I want to welcome any IRS agents who are here today. I always do that at some point.
But he was having some troubles with the U.S. government and he asked my legal opinion and I told him he should abide by the law and not surprisingly, he decided not to and remained in his undisclosed location.
You know, globalism is a word that has a lot of cache all across this world. Originally, it was conceived as a geopolitical idea that one nation should regard the entire world as an appropriate sphere for economic and later political activity.
But, there also is a globalist aspect to our lives now. We are here in Ecuador and we have a conference in International Living in a few months in Panama.
People now think in terms of alternatives to the United States or other countries in which they live. And I think our globalism is an economic outlook that looks for places where there is less government control, less taxation, more freedom and more liberty.
It’s really disturbing to have to say that in my lifetime I would have never thought 50 years ago that I would have ever been here advocating the possibility of even ending one’s US citizenship but that is something I will discuss today.
And Bill Hill in his book, the PT Traveler, he traveled the world going to different countries, looking for places that had more freedom, that didn’t impose all the regulations and so on and he came up with a concept that I want to discuss with you today. We’ll call it, after Bill Hill’s first choice, the five flags.
And a flag can be something that is a banner to repair to, something to following, waving the flag of course is a good old expression. But a flag can also be a warning signal as on a railroad or in some other dangerous situation on the highway.
And what we’re today facing, I hope, these flags that I’m going to talk about serve both as a banner of something that you might want to consider and as a warning for where we are.
Today millions of the most productive people in the world have chosen to change their countries, change their domiciles, because they know that there is something beyond the place that they’re born.
The government of the United States but they think about six million American’s live abroad. We don’t know but I think that that numbers probably much greater. And only about 30% of the 300 million plus American’s have passports although in the last year or so a lot more of them have acquired them because now you have to get them to cross over the border even to Canada or Mexico. So that’s increased it.
But we are, as American’s, a rather insular people but that’s changing rapidly for the reasons the I’ve just mentioned.
I think a lot of people now should look at countries the way you look at a hotel. Are the facilities good? Are you comfortable there? Are they trying to do things for you? Is the price right or are you being charged too much?
And when you look at the government of the United States these days I think the answers all have to be, in many ways, negative.
And why after all should any American trust its government after all that has happened in the last few years or in the last year for that matter?
I mean literally trust in government is something that is misplaced, I think, at least in many countries and in our own country because the politicians that I see in Washington love to redistribute other peoples money and they don’t seem to have any idea about the bottom line and literally the disaster that it’s facing.
I’m no Glenn Beck but when he gets out his chalk board and starts marking on it you see what the numbers are and there is nothing but disaster at the end of this road unless rather quickly our paths change.
Now I’m going to talk about these five different flags and briefs. I do have a workshop this afternoon at 4:55 in which I’ll go into more detail on second passports, residency expectoration and that.
But I’ll touch upon this as we go through.
Flag #1 – A Second Passport
Now, the first flag that I would suggest to you for your consideration is the possibility of a second passport. And before that comes residence in a foreign country.
Now, maybe some of you have already established that in Mexico, Panama or Ecuador or elsewhere but there are countries such as Belize and Panama, even the Dominican Republic, in the last few years have introduced programs that welcome you, that give you tax breaks, don’t charge any taxes on imports of automobiles and boats and furniture and so on and give discounts as they do in Panama on a great many services rendered to foreigners who qualify under the Pensionado Program.
So residency is a first step towards possible citizenship and of course IL explains to you in their publications, International Living’s publications and in the booklet that you received for this conference what are the factors that you should consider in these countries.
But, certainly a second passport is something that you should consider ultimately if you can achieve that.
It’s not too easy to achieve. Many countries have a lot of restrictions but there are ways that I’ll discuss it in my workshop this afternoon. Based on ancestry is one of the easiest, by marriage. Some countries if you were born there, even if you are an American citizen too you might be reactivating that so there are ways that you can achieved that second passport.
And you know, after all, when you’re in a situation of danger in a foreign country, on an airplane that’s being hijacked and fortunately there haven’t been recently but over the last 20 years there had been, they don’t round up all the Lithuanians and make them go to one part. It’s the American passports that they look at.
And so a safety factor also attaches to the possibility of having a second passport and there are countries that make these available for a rather high price.
We’ll talk about that a little bit more in the workshop. St. Kitts and Nevis is one and the Common Wealth of Dominica but there are other countries where one can move to and within five years perhaps qualify for full citizenship.
So a second passport, residency abroad, is something that’s definitely to be considered as a safety factor and as a factor for better living for you and your family.
Flag #2 – A Place to Do Business
A second flag that I would suggest is a place to do business. Lord knows in the United States doing business these days is trying to jump one hurdle after another whether it’s taxes or government regulation or the OSHA inspector or whatever it is.
It’s a real marathon to try and get through and of course the government of the United States in the last year has decided it’s the government that creates the jobs not business when everybody knows it’s just the opposite.
So, there are countries that actually offer substantial benefits and enhancements for you to come and establish businesses there.
And I talked about that in my book, Where to Stash Your Cash Legally and also in the passport book; by the way, commercial here, I distributed some papers I’m not sure they’re at everybody’s place, but if you’re interested in these books they can be ordered with these papers that I passed out. Hand them in at the desk or you can order these books or reports if you’re interested on the International Living website and the Sovereign Society website. (Note: Visit the International Living Bookstore to buy these books).
But, countries that offer these kind of blandishments to bring business in include Barbados, Chile, Portugal, Malta and Panama.
So if you’re interested in setting up a business in a foreign country there are certain countries that will definitely court you, assist you and make the way much easier than you would ever find in a Washington Bureaucracy of any kind.
Flag #3 – Residence & Domicile
Now, flag number three is your domicile and that includes domicile for tax purposes and obviously the best place for anybody to live is where you’re happy and I don’t know, everybody has an individual definition of happiness and you have to certainly find that for you.
But, one of the happiness’s that I enjoy is lower taxes if it’s ever possible and you certainly, if you’re considering moving to another country, make sure that the tax in that country is a territorial tax, that it does not impose taxes on a foreign income because foreigners who move there would then be exempted as in Panama as a good example.
If you can live there without paying any local taxes to speak of, even real estate in certain instances, and any foreign income that is earned elsewhere comes in from a trust or a business you have that’s conducted outside of Panama, that’s all tax free.
So if you’re talking about a domicile for you make sure that your country is a tax free country and has a willingness to welcome foreigners without imposing taxes on them. And Panama is one of those countries. Monaco, if you can afford it, it’s a little pricy, Singapore has, in the last few years, adopted laws like this, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, all of those, have arrangements that will allow a domicile or residence there and with taxes at a minimum or none at all in many cases.
Flag #4 – Asset Management
Flag number four I would suggest to you would be asset management. Now, I know all of us have heard the horror stories about Switzerland in the last few years and particularly the UBS situation. And there’s no apologizes to be made for UBS.
These people systematically for their own profit defied the tax laws in the United States and worked with American’s who where willing to compromise their own status.
And if I may digress on this issue of bank secrecy because Switzerland, the issue of UBS certainly raised that.
There is still sufficient and much stronger bank secrecy in many countries then there is in the United States. There is no privacy in the United States financial system. Under the Patriot Act, one of the most unconstitutional and one of the most horrendous laws ever imposed upon us, there is no privacy left.
And, of course, when I was a kid the local banker on the eastern shore of Maryland where I came from was a friend. He knew everybody. He knew whether you should get a mortgage or not. He knew when you were falling behind and the bank would help you.
Now that banker and every other banker is a spy for the United States government under the law. They have an obligation to turn you in if you engage in suspicious activities and the list is very long.
So bank privacy and bank secrecy still lives in many countries but don’t make any mistake, in the last year or a little more than a year the major nations of the world, the welfare states, the tax collecting nations of the world led by the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany have literally smashed absolute bank secrecy. It doesn’t exist anymore if it ever did.
And in its place we have found Article 26 of the OECD, Organization for Economic and Community Development, which is a tax exempt, can you believe it? They’re promoting taxes, they don’t pay any taxes based in Paris. They have written up this Article 26 and what is says in essence is when two countries have a tax treaty between them the country that makes the request has a right to receive information about their foreign national with an account there.
So, if the IRS in Washington wants to know about a Swiss bank account and they name the individual, the account exists, and they show a case of some tax violation under this new arrangement Switzerland is obliged to give some information, yes, confirm that the account exists.
Now, under Swiss law the individual American or any other one can challenge that, can take it to court and only recently this deal between the IRS on the UBS names was ruled out by the administrative court of Switzerland.
So it makes my point that there are still countries that have much stronger bank secrecy and financial privacy.
I only today, this morning, was exchanging emails with a representative of Valartis Bank in Austria. It used to be the Anglo Irish Bank in Vienna. It’s been now purchased by Valartis which is a major Swiss bank and we have been arguing for the last three days because the finance minister there was quoted as saying, in English, although he spoke in German that there was no bank secrecy left in Austria for foreigners.
And what he really said was is a person is accused and shown to have some instance of tax violation then there’s a mechanism that the Austrian government will now respond but it doesn’t mean that there is no bank secrecy.
But, for the viewpoint of maximum privacy the United States is certainly not the place to bank. I would say that for asset management places like Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Hong Kong all have much stronger bank secrecy, bank privacy and they also, in the case of Switzerland, have superior asset management.
We at the Sovereign Society have been working now for 12 years with people there and they’re reliable and you can choose almost any level of investment types you want.
Flag #5 – Pleasure & Playgrounds
So, the asset management flag is number four. And the fifth one Bill Hill called playgrounds. I’m not sure that there’s anyplace these days you could call a playground but it generally – Bill’s theory was you just kept traveling around the world and you never stayed long enough in one place to get taxed or drafted or anyway encumbered by some government regulation.
But he had this idea that you moved with the seasons, you moved with your own taste and culture and so on and kept traveling.
Well, that I think still can be done but it’s a rather expensive way to live but I think that’s part of this choice that you want to make in one of the other flags in choosing your domicile.
Now, let me say a few words before I close here about expatriation. Expatriation used to mean, well back in the 20’s I guess in Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald, Expatriates in Paris, that kind of thing.
Expatriation in it’s broadest legal sense means literally acquiring another citizenship and ending your citizenship.
And that is the only way by which you can end your American tax obligations if you’re a US citizen.
Now it’s drastic, it’s radical, not many people do it. I get questions about it all the time. It’s one of those questions it’s sexy and people want to hear about it and explain all the nuts and bolds but they don’t rarely do it but it can be done and it has been done and I know individual former American’s who have done it.
And some years ago and I’m trying remember the name of – Alzheimer’s kicks in when you get to my age, not to make fun of that. But one of the famous financiers moved to the Bahamas’ and acquired Bahamian citizen and ended his US citizenship and saved something like I don’t know several hundred million dollars in his state tax when he died.
Templeton, yes right, thank you. The gentlemen over here get’s the free copy of my notes here.
But, the possibility exists that you can change your – you can end your American obligations and do so by first of all acquiring. You don’t want to be the man without a country. You want to have that second citizenship already confirmed and then you can take the steps to end your American citizenship.
It requires going to an embassy or a consulate in the foreign country. But wouldn’t you know for the last 20 years the liberal democrats and congress had been trying to say, oh these people that have run off they’re tax traders which is Summer’s at the White House called them at the time and he had to apologize.
They’re tax traders but for 20 years the democrats have been trying to enact an exit tax on expats and last year when George was in his final throws of power they put through an increase in veterans benefits for those who had fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
And there’s a rule in congress you have to provide a source of revenue whenever you provide more benefits or more spending.
Don’t you know Charlie Rangel, the tax evader from Harlem, he slipped into the bill the financing for it would come from a new tax on American’s who voluntarily end their citizenship.
And, by the way, the supreme court has ruled that we have a write as American’s to do that. They’ve ruled that we can have duel citizenship if we want but Charlie put this in there and the fiction is it’s going to raise $10 billion over X number of years and everybody knows that’s not true.
But there it sits and we can talk about this more this afternoon in our discussion during the workshop but for the first time the United States is imposed a tax on American’s who want to end their citizenship.
And in doing so it joins the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa all of which had similar laws on their citizens who wished to leave and end their citizenship. And this is, of course, the kind of thing that goes on all the time. In congress there were no hearings on this, nobody knew it was coming, it was in the bill and when it got to George Bush’s desk it was a veteran’s bill and he was on the way out so it got signed into law.
This is the kind of thing that obviously should disturb all of us about things that are going on in Washington these days.
One last point I would make to you is if you decide to live abroad remember the governments have maximum power over you when you’re within their jurisdiction.
A lot of people say to me well can I put American real estate in the name of a foreign trust? It’s no safer than the court that sits in the jurisdiction where the real estate is located.
So for maximum protection if you want to live abroad you should have your assets placed abroad. In one of the flags that I mentioned here today, perhaps and you should also reorder, well before you decide to change your residence or your citizenship, your assets so that they are not in the country of the passport that you carry if you’re a US citizen for instance.
And so that adds and extra level of protection to you if you’re going to follow any of these flags that I’ve mentioned here today.
Now, I know that I’ve covered a lot in half an hour. My time is just about up but I do want to say one thing to you that look to the International Living for the advice on how to carry out any of the things that I’ve talked about today.
If any of you have questions I’ll be here all day today. I do have to go back to the United States tomorrow but I’ll be here for the workshop this afternoon and I’ll be glad to answer your questions to the extent that I can.
Thank you very much.
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