Does anyone think the rich won't someday migrate to floating islands?
Asks Scott Adams. Short answer; I think they won't, because:
1. Why on earth (or on water) would the rich migrate when they're already doing very nicely, thank you, right where they are?
2. Say the rich are the first to take to the high seas to escape allegedly 'confiscatory levels of taxation'. At home (using the US example), a lot of those tax dollars fund a colossal military machine that makes damn sure that few people imagine they can mess with US nationals with impunity. Anyone care to guess how afraid pirates and terrorists are going to be of attacking giant undefended cruise liners full of immensely rich tax exiles, ripe for plunder and kidnap? Or do the the plutocrats intend to tax themselves sufficiently to support the immense cost of creating their own private army / navy, so they can continue to sleep sound in their luxury staterooms?
3. I'll start believing when the mighty "Freedom Ship" starts being more than just mouth and trousers.
I've got immense respect to Scott Adams for having created the superb Dilbert strip and escaped the corporate rat race using his own creative talent, but some of his blog posts are lurching towards the wilder fringes of teapottery.
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