How much would american citizenship sell for on ebay?

[mediahasyou]

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[BuddyRey]

This is a very creative and thought-provoking question!

Personally, if I knew relinquishing my citizenship would free me from all debts and "obligations" I allegedly have to the nation-state by virtue of some imagined social contract, I'd probably let this citizenship go for around fifty bucks.

I know that seems cheap, but I'd be getting off light, considering how much more criminal protection money would otherwise be pumped out of me over the next forty years of my life until I became eligible to become a tax-feeder myself; not to mention the emotional distress and mental trauma I would endure out of fear of being kidnapped and thrown into a FedCage for violating any one among a limitless melange of stupid, pointless, and downright unconscionable state and federal dictates.

Yesiree, I call that a bargain. The best I ever had.

[BuddyRey]

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[BuddyRey]

Bump!

[healthpellets]

since it's go easy to come in for free, why would anyone pay to be me?

[cindy25]

high six figures if it were allowed.

[Philhelm]

Obama would buy it!

Just kidding. I believe he's a U.S. citizen by birthright, but it's fun to throw that out there all the same.

In any case, What if I were to collect other people's U.S. citizenship? Would I be able to double-plus dip into the welfare state? That would be double plus good.

[teamrican1]

A lot less than it used to, that's for sure. One of the interesting things that came out of the Gisele Bündchen/Tom Brady Paparzzi lawsuit was that despite living in the United States for the past 14 years, Gisele has never bothered to upgrade her status from permanent alien resident to citizen. For someone with wealth or somebody who comes from a first world nation, there really isn't any benefit to American citizenship anymore, even if you live here.

[Kludge]

I can't get rid of it for free. :/

[Elwar]

Well...there's one way to find out...

http://cgi5.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SellHub3Visitor

[brandon]

There's probably a whole lot of people that don't have money to buy citizenship, but would work as slaves for a time period in return for citizenship.

[DamianTV]

I'd say about 50 pesos!

[Romulus]

I say would nothing. It's more valuable to be an illegal here.

[brandon]

I say would nothing. It's more valuable to be an illegal here.

How do you figure?

[Romulus]

How do you figure?

Free healthcare, welfare and all sorts of handouts. When your arrested you never get deported and so on.

[libertybrewcity]

It would be an interesting way to pay of the national debt. The United States could set a price in gold as a step to refill Fort Knox and eventually return to the gold standard. If you put the price tag at 50 or 100k I imagine many would take the US up on the deal.

I don't know how many conservatives or dems would be thrilled with the idea, but buying citizenship doesn't sound wrong at all. It would bring in lots of capital to the country.

[DamianTV]

Ok fine. Do I hear 60 Pesos? 60? 60 Pesos? Going once... Going twice...

[johngr]

You'd have to pay me -- in gold, not dollars.