Fuck the "traveling around the world" bit. Just park it somewhere in international waters along the south equatorial current, and set up a tax haven.
From their FAQ:
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. Misperception: The ship is a tax dodge.
Facts: The Freedom Ship community has not been conceived as a tax haven. While the community itself will levy no taxes, citizens of countries such as the USA would not realize any income tax savings by residing in or running businesses in the community, at least at the federal level, since American citizens are taxed on their worldwide income. USA citizens living abroad are given tax deductions, but not if they reside on a ship. Citizens of certain other countries may realize tax savings by residing in or running businesses in the Freedom Ship community, as they would by residing in or running businesses in any country outside their own. Nonetheless, that is not one of the reasons the project was conceived.
An interesting idea though, could be the beginning steps to orbiting space habitats. (many logistic principles are the same)
One tsunami or hurricane and you got a couple of thousand dead people.
It says there are smaller ferries coming and going from it to land constantly. Therefore, they could plan way ahead and evacate before something like that happens.
They also claimed somewhere that if they could get several miles out to sea before it hit, they could survive the wind. Waves would also be too small to cause damage.
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Originally posted by Existence
One tsunami or hurricane and you got a couple of thousand dead people.
Cool. Good way to eliminate the surplus population. Everyone loves dead rich people...
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Fuck the "traveling around the world" bit. Just park it somewhere in international waters along the south equatorial current, and set up a tax haven.
From their FAQ:
. Misperception: The ship is a tax dodge.
Facts: The Freedom Ship community has not been conceived as a tax haven. While the community itself will levy no taxes, citizens of countries such as the USA would not realize any income tax savings by residing in or running businesses in the community, at least at the federal level, since American citizens are taxed on their worldwide income. USA citizens living abroad are given tax deductions, but not if they reside on a ship. Citizens of certain other countries may realize tax savings by residing in or running businesses in the Freedom Ship community, as they would by residing in or running businesses in any country outside their own. Nonetheless, that is not one of the reasons the project was conceived.
An interesting idea though, could be the beginning steps to orbiting space habitats. (many logistic principles are the same)
Originally posted by Existence
One tsunami or hurricane and you got a couple of thousand dead people.
It says there are smaller ferries coming and going from it to land constantly. Therefore, they could plan way ahead and evacate before something like that happens.