Kathleen Peddicord and Panama

"Kathleen, it's all your fault. Virtually every time I ask an expat in Panama what brought him here, the answer is, 'Kathleen Peddicord.' You and your publications have changed the lives of so many people. Most of us have never met you, but I suspect most of us would like to meet the lady who knows the power of the pen and how to use the Internet. 

"You are/were the name that we all remember and have to thank for those life-changing thoughts of encouragement over the years. You are the true dream-builder. Some of us still keep going back and forth, and some have settled permanently in Panama and elsewhere. Several we know from Panama have recently followed the scent to Uruguay. We are anxious to hear the reports. 

"My purpose in sending this note would be to encourage you and your new Live and Invest Overseas enterprise to consider sponsoring an event of some kind, perhaps during the Christmas season, so we could all get together and meet that lady behind the pen and each other. 

"Use it as a fundraiser, as we all know there is no shortage of causes in Panama. 

"Just my thoughts as I read your recent post re:Paris/Panama."

-- Bill S., Panama

Thank you for taking time to write and for your kind words of support. They're much appreciated. 

As is your suggestion, which is now on our to-do list. We'll plan a special holiday event for December. We'll invite any readers who happen to be in Panama to join us...we'll put out a call to all Panama expats...and, yes, we'll make it a fundraiser, for our adopted Panama cause, San Felipe Parish in Casco Viejo. I'll look forward to meeting you there.

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This Is Your Final Call

Uncle Sam is working quietly, behind the scenes, to put obstacles in place that will make it more difficult for you to broaden your horizons overseas. And much more difficult for you to be in the driver's seat of your own future.

It's not just the banking arena that's under threat.

In 2008, changes to the Veterans Act allowed for an "exit tax" on U.S. citizens who choose to leave the country and end their citizenship.

What other countries have done this in the past? Nazi Germany. Communist Russia. Apartheid South Africa...

This is your civil liberty at stake. How long before you just won't be able to get your assets out of the States?

I'm not an alarmist. I'm a pragmatist. And, as a pragmatic investor, I've seen the writing on the wall for some time. I've worked all these years and with an added sense of urgency more recently to take control of my own life, my own financial future, and, most important to me now, the future of my family.

Now I'd like to offer you a chance to do the same.

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