Is Today 1933?

 

They say it is 1933.

If they believe what they have said, then …

 

[i] Have they bought a condominium, bungalow, or timeshare abroad?;

[ii] Have they moved SOME of their assets into non-U.S.-based financial instruments?;

[iii] Have they moved SOME of their assets abroad?;

[iv] Have they purchased any foreign currency (eg, Swiss Francs, Euros, or Canadian Dollars) for use in the coming emergency?;

[v] Have they prepared an easy to find and carry cache of travel and other important personal and family documents (e.g., passports, birth and marriage certificates, diplomas, bar memberships, and vaccination and other medical records)?;

[vi] Have they physically moved abroad, permanently or temporarily (until the U.S. situation is clarified)?;

[vii] Have they, at the very least, explored becoming dual citizens?;

[viii] Have they, at the very least, explored where they can visit and/or settle abroad, with what identification and travel documents, and, most importantly, how quickly they can escape the U.S. authorities (i.e., by air, sea, or automobile)?;

[ix] And, perhaps, most importantly, have they, at the very least, explored where abroad they, and other family members, have a right to work?

If the answer to each and every question above is “no,” then they do not believe it is 1933. It is just all talk for political effect and costless virtue signaling for a particularly receptive audience. And the political effect and size of that receptive audience is declining.

PS: If you are a U.S. national who already has foreign citizenship, have you explored to whom by marriage, birth, or otherwise you can legally share or transmit that foreign citizenship to? 

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Is Today 1933?,’ New Reform Club (Jan. 20, 2025, 3:36 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/01/is-today-1933.html>;