Why Tina Turner Gave Up US Citizenship

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  • @nomadcapitalist
    @nomadcapitalist  7 місяців тому +15

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      @LADETROIT 7 місяців тому +4

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  • @philippearmbruster2177
    @philippearmbruster2177 7 місяців тому +239

    Given how bad official America treated Tina Turner in her early years (Courts siding with Ike, giving her basically nothing at her divorce etc), she did hold on to US citizenship much longer than many people would have. Tina Turner was not just "given" Swiss citizenship, she went through the lengthy and cumbersome Swiss naturalization process which included becoming fluent in a foreign language, countless interviews with bureaucrats and studying for the citizenship exams. I remember watching the local Zurich TV stations interviewing her when she got her citizenship - she was so happy and proud.

    • @kingmaafa120
      @kingmaafa120 7 місяців тому +28

      🇺🇸treated Tina bad before she became famous 👍

    • @tamikofox-lunn3591
      @tamikofox-lunn3591 7 місяців тому +22

      @@kingmaafa120 Many artists of color. Hendrix, Nina Simone and countless other blues and jazz musicians.

    • @dougscott188
      @dougscott188 7 місяців тому +4

      Tina was a great American 🇺🇸

    • @poindextersheelturn436
      @poindextersheelturn436 7 місяців тому

      @@ovacumawyahweh1st Actually women of color, especially blak women are treat like gods in america. The parents put all focus on them in households, school focus mainly on girls, scholarship are aimed mostly or girls just for being black, companies rather hire them for cushy jobs and high paying ones, corporation like Goldman Sach set aside over 2 billion for blak women specifically, they get grants for businesses just for being a minority, the courts side with them over 90% of the time in divorces and society praises them for being single moms even if she had a baby by a loser. Blak men, white men dont get none of that.

    • @Inunity2020
      @Inunity2020 7 місяців тому +11

      I believe she mentioned she had too much trauma associated with some people in America which significantly contributed to her wanting to let go of the citizenship.

  • @1rjona
    @1rjona 7 місяців тому +286

    Like Josephine Baker, She went where she is treated best

    • @kingmaafa120
      @kingmaafa120 7 місяців тому +16

      Facts

    • @AntonioPeralesdelHierro
      @AntonioPeralesdelHierro 7 місяців тому +15

      Eartha Kitt had a feeling she didn't want to attend a 1968 White House luncheon. She was blacklisted after she criticized the Vietnam War in the presence of the first lady Lady Bird Johnson, and her career went into severe decline. She found Europe more welcoming, from which she returned to the United States a rich and famous black woman. She was subjected to US Secret Service surveillance. Although I'm sure that like anyone of dark skin in the US in those days (and these), she might be given to occasionally making ironic mention of social, especially racial attitudes, she was no overt radical, she was an artist - and they went after her, to determine how "dangerous" she might be, and more ominously, what to do about it. I suggest that we give a good yank at government's chain and bring further to it's attention our serious domestic needs, not the least respect from those who pretend to serve us, but whose pockets are lined to keep us DIVIDED, in dismay and confusion, but paying taxes.

    • @iriswood3744
      @iriswood3744 7 місяців тому +4

      I Dont Blame her

    • @carollewis2174
      @carollewis2174 7 місяців тому +2

      Agreed.

    • @michaelle8384
      @michaelle8384 7 місяців тому

      @@AntonioPeralesdelHierroeartha kitt was not a dark skin lady so is Tina turner and miss baker those 3 lady was not dark skin guest you story straight there’s a big skin tone different between Beyoncé and viola Davis

  • @karlklammer5473
    @karlklammer5473 7 місяців тому +150

    Just some remarks to the last years of her life:
    In 1986 she met the German manager Erwin Bach. (He was send from her record company to greet her at an airport in Germany.)
    They lived together in Cologne.
    In 1995 they moved to Switzerland. Erwin became the CEO of EMI Switzerland.
    In 2013 she became Swiss and reliquished her US citizenship and married Erwin. Three weeks later she had a stroke.
    In 2016, she was diagnosed with intestinal cancer.
    Since 1978 she had high blood pressure which damaged her kidneys.
    Erwin offered to donate a kidney for transplant.
    She accepted his donation and had kidney transplantation surgery in 2017.
    I am sure love had something to do with it...
    On May 24, 2023, Turner died at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, aged 83.

    • @mulemule
      @mulemule 7 місяців тому +2

      Jesus Wept. Kidney transplant _when you're 77?!_ God bless Tina but whatever happened to "going gently into that good night?"

    • @nikolaivista920
      @nikolaivista920 7 місяців тому +5

      You typed: "I am sure love had something to do with it..." And I sing: "What's love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken!?"

    • @nikolaivista920
      @nikolaivista920 7 місяців тому

      @@legion-s7t Hypergamy is a scientific proven fact and thus a law of nature!

  • @michellem3879
    @michellem3879 7 місяців тому +62

    I love that she was more popular/successful outside the US. Here in the US, nearly every interview wanted her to rehash her past with Ike. She deserved better. The US doesn’t like to let people let go of their past, especially if they can use it to hold you back or make $$ from it.

  • @GlobalAdventurer
    @GlobalAdventurer 7 місяців тому +167

    Her husband has stated he plans to turn the house into a museum for her career and music.

  • @Ron-zr6se
    @Ron-zr6se 7 місяців тому +214

    I left the US back in the 70's. Having been back a couple times on holiday, I have zero desire to ever visit it again. It's not about the taxes, it just felt wrong, I did not belong in the US.

    • @hanna0322
      @hanna0322 7 місяців тому +7

      Can I ask you which country you live now?

    • @ApriliaRacer14
      @ApriliaRacer14 7 місяців тому +17

      Right there with you. Parents immigrated from Europe (Germany and Ireland). I’m preparing to go back to Europe. Always felt like a fish out of water.

    • @Ron-zr6se
      @Ron-zr6se 7 місяців тому +19

      @@hanna0322 Currently in Vietnam. It's not for everyone but it is a good place to be.

    • @d3r3kyasmar
      @d3r3kyasmar 7 місяців тому +11

      I felt the same. But its the opposite. I live now in the US. I am happy and thankful to be here.
      But i will never go back to the place where i was born. I dont fit in there and i have no sense of belongingness. I dont feel safe. I have to tiptoe, nod, and agree all the time.

    • @morganretard706
      @morganretard706 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Ron-zr6se that’s great country bro…Cost of living is affordable compared to Thai or any other SEA

  • @fredrikbergquist5734
    @fredrikbergquist5734 7 місяців тому +44

    I saw her house when I visited Zurich. I would live in Switzerland if I could get a citizenship. Best managed democracy in the world.

  • @D1Snr
    @D1Snr 7 місяців тому +58

    Tina Turner was way more popular in Europe than America, especially from the 80's onwards. I from the UK and remember my grandfather going to see her in concert in the very late 80's. She was huge. Her songs never seemed to be as big in America. She perfected the soft rock, anthematic, iconic songs. She had great songwriters.

    • @moniquewrites9046
      @moniquewrites9046 7 місяців тому +2

      Yes I find the American music industry fickle yet plain and it doesn’t reward real musicians

  • @spiritvoicemind1212
    @spiritvoicemind1212 7 місяців тому +45

    As a celebrity you can move in Switzerland and go out and not be bothered by anybody! We recognize them but we respect there privacy.

  • @MCharlerySmith
    @MCharlerySmith 7 місяців тому +127

    I am a tribute artist (Barry White /Motown) and Tina Turner was always a popular tribute act on the circuit during my time working across Greece and other Mediterranean countries (alongside MJ, Whitney, Beatles tributes et al). Her sales slump in 🇺🇸 can only be explained on how culture changed around Pop music, in particular RnB. She was a rare talent, great singer and amazing dancer.
    "Go where you're treated best": 🇺🇸 loss and 🇨🇭 gain.

    • @SurpriseMeJT
      @SurpriseMeJT 7 місяців тому +11

      After moving to France, I now hear better Jazz here than I've ever heard in the US and I was a frequent visitor to New Orleans. American tastes are defined by the marketing. People like what they're told to like in America.

    • @MCharlerySmith
      @MCharlerySmith 7 місяців тому +7

      @@SurpriseMeJT. I think the Country and Bluegrass markets remain quite consistent but the others change with the wind. Turner should've been able to still sell well and have significant hit singles into the 90's and 00's but RnB radio wasn't really supporting her. .

    • @GStampedeIII
      @GStampedeIII 7 місяців тому +5

      Her African American bases wanted her to do black music.. her handlers wanted her to be more international

    • @Kevin-zz9nc
      @Kevin-zz9nc 7 місяців тому

      I believe european audiences are more open to a crossover act. Audiences in Europe are predominantly white. They're more open to buying crossover music. Try getting black kids in US to buy Stones records. Not going to happen.....

    • @MJ98774
      @MJ98774 7 місяців тому

      +1 Americans are idiots when it comes to knowing what good music is. I love all classic RandB/Motown/Funk as well as jazz fusion and prog rock. The music here is like the food....crap. The US is "Swifties" and Mc Donalds.

  • @thylacine1004
    @thylacine1004 7 місяців тому +81

    Tina Turner was an absolute goddess in Europe and Australia......sometimes in life,we just want to leave stuff behind and start again......After her divorce and in her mid forties,she had another crack,and filled all the stadiums !

  • @8StringKeith
    @8StringKeith 7 місяців тому +86

    I remember when Tina Turner renounced US citizenship back in 2013 (🤔 I believe)
    My Dad and I were discussing this and to my shock, he told me, “I don’t blame her one bit. She worked her @$$ off to have the IRS confiscate half her wealth and that was an absolute disgrace” My Dad was the proudest American that I ever knew but he knew that his country was changing and NOT for the better.

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому +2

      Tax rate in Switzerland is much higher than US.

    • @quackdracular7610
      @quackdracular7610 7 місяців тому +22

      ​@@Art-is-craftIt may be but you see the taxes at work. Impeccable pubic transportation and public safely, great educational system and retirement benefits make the taxes worth it.

    • @Redpepper7376
      @Redpepper7376 7 місяців тому +11

      @@quackdracular7610Probably a better health system too.

    • @st-ex8506
      @st-ex8506 7 місяців тому +23

      ⁠@@Art-is-craftSwiss here… having lived and paid taxes in both countries.
      Most Swiss cantons have taxes lower than in the US of A. The more expensive cantons, of which Zurich is, have a tax level similar to that of the USA, in no way “much higher”.
      But the real difference is in the level of service you get for the taxes you pay… it is immensely better in Switzerland.

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому +2

      @@st-ex8506
      Houses are 4 times more expensive in Switzerland, cars are twice as expensive with half the brand choice. True tax liability for a median income in the US in California is about 25% when all is totalled to include federal insurance, federal income, state and local taxes. In Switzerland at the median level it is also 25% when all managed liabilities are included. The difference I used California the highest liability state but in over half the states that liability would be closer to 12% on median income.

  • @matthewbloomfield9372
    @matthewbloomfield9372 7 місяців тому +170

    She oozes class!

    • @SophyaAgain
      @SophyaAgain 7 місяців тому +2

      I believe that is one reason. Might be a matter of her temperament. Some people do not identify as citizen of their birth place. Yes, she is so lovely and classy. Cheers.

  • @danielj3010
    @danielj3010 7 місяців тому +158

    Tina is a legend!

  • @spacewalktraveller1
    @spacewalktraveller1 7 місяців тому +243

    People who think America is the greatest country on earth, haven't traveled much.

    • @poindextersheelturn436
      @poindextersheelturn436 7 місяців тому +8

      It is, buddy.

    • @juicyfruit4378
      @juicyfruit4378 7 місяців тому +29

      @@poindextersheelturn436no it’s not

    • @kennethmeeker6369
      @kennethmeeker6369 7 місяців тому +8

      When they say great there speaking of the political system and bill of rights not the landscape. There are thousands of prettier places than the USA

    • @juicyfruit4378
      @juicyfruit4378 7 місяців тому +18

      @@kennethmeeker6369 and there are better political structures than the US as well

    • @spacewalktraveller1
      @spacewalktraveller1 7 місяців тому +10

      @@kennethmeeker6369 The political system great. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 You're funny.

  • @tailgunner6948
    @tailgunner6948 7 місяців тому +87

    She gave it up because shes smart!!

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому +1

      Not at all.

    • @gaara4667
      @gaara4667 7 місяців тому

      @@Art-is-crafthow?

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft 7 місяців тому +2

      @@gaara4667
      She left America first personal reasons. Including living with her husband.

  • @Aeorocks
    @Aeorocks 7 місяців тому +22

    She also talked, closer to the end, about how race played a big role in why she left. She said she was respected there, which she didn't experience here.

    • @gagoomt4076
      @gagoomt4076 7 місяців тому +6

      She mentioned that a lot. She lived her life with such dignity and was treated much better in Switzerland than in the United States.

  • @conq3097
    @conq3097 7 місяців тому +24

    What a classy woman... you don't find celebs like that anymore

  • @8d4o0c4
    @8d4o0c4 7 місяців тому +47

    I am an American living long-term in Switzerland, applying for dual citizenship next year. Tina was definitely on to something.
    I still feel American (US military veteran), and my extended family is there, but my wife and kids and I feel Swiss as well... and every time we visit the States we see fewer and fewer reasons to return. It's a bad trajectory over there right now!

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 7 місяців тому

      S/O to you! 🙌 I wish I could move to Switzerland 🇨🇭!
      I live in the 🇺🇸, where I was born. If could live anywhere I wanted, it would be Switzerland 🇨🇭!

    • @gnomeofzurich483
      @gnomeofzurich483 4 місяці тому

      Nice to have you with us, hope you‘ll get citizenship❤️🇨🇭

  • @taliajournee212
    @taliajournee212 7 місяців тому +23

    Canadian here! I love Tina Turner, her life wasn't easy and I think her life really began at 40. You touched on so many things I am currently thinking about: my career and my love life, I've always felt out of sorts here in Canada. Hoping to visit Switzerland and other countries to see where suits me best, personally and professionally.

  • @RussellMKay
    @RussellMKay 7 місяців тому +410

    She fell in love and married a man who worked in Switzerland, then moved there with him. Sounds good to me!

    • @innerdimensionsinc.1281
      @innerdimensionsinc.1281 7 місяців тому +41

      I keep telling people… SWITZERLAND is it, if you can get in, it is America 2.0, less crime , better food, more nature

    • @mamaitaliano9774
      @mamaitaliano9774 7 місяців тому

      I heard the newcomers have moved in though? How can that be good.​@innerdimensionsinc.1281

    • @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle
      @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle 7 місяців тому +36

      ​@@innerdimensionsinc.1281 Switzerland is what American entrepreneurs are looking for for a good place to live, and Norway is what American workers are looking for for a good place to live.

    • @capitalist830
      @capitalist830 7 місяців тому +30

      @@innerdimensionsinc.1281 Never compare Switzerland to America are you ok??? Not everything revolves around america/americans. Get off your high horses and never compare Switzerland to the united states...

    • @silverlining6259
      @silverlining6259 7 місяців тому +10

      @@capitalist830stop.

  • @popps33
    @popps33 7 місяців тому +56

    mmhm! A handful musicians in Jazz and Classical often migrate to Europe because they are most appreciated. I am heading to Europe because the industry I want to go in is stronger there than in US. Always go where you will be celebrated & desired.

    • @pmb6667
      @pmb6667 7 місяців тому +10

      Agree! She received more support in Europe than in the U.S., and she said as much in other interviews (there were other famous BW like her who found more success in Europe too). When she was being abused, it was also apparent. People were still defending and siding with Ike!
      I'm in Canada (lived in the US briefly decdes ago), and Canadians also leave because they're not appreciated in Canada either. North America as a whole in this context is a hot mess.

  • @Jamaicafunk
    @Jamaicafunk 7 місяців тому +35

    Josephine Baker set the standard back in the 1920's. Jimi Hendrix in the 60's as well.

  • @bibibachmd9995
    @bibibachmd9995 7 місяців тому +42

    Out of over a hundred trips back to the US, only one immigration officer ever said "Welcome back home". The rest were either outright rude and nasty or indifferent at best. In Dubai, Hong Kong and even France I am greeted with hospitality.

    • @kingmaafa120
      @kingmaafa120 7 місяців тому +1

      Facts know the feeling 😮

    • @jasongibson8114
      @jasongibson8114 7 місяців тому +2

      Denmark 🇩🇰 is very warm and welcoming, compared to the U.S police state.

    • @falazarte
      @falazarte 6 місяців тому

      Same experience here

  • @jamesdean1143
    @jamesdean1143 7 місяців тому +14

    Tina was also massive in Brazil.
    Rio ’88 is the home video release from Tina’s legendary concert at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on January 16, 1988 as part of her Break Every Rule Tour.
    With this concert in front of over 180,000 people, Tina broke an attendance record that landed her in the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest paying audience for a single artist.

  • @itsnowjoke1381
    @itsnowjoke1381 7 місяців тому +38

    As a swiss citizen or a foreigner you can get a great tax deal even under the normal tax system particulary Canton Zug , Schwyz ,Nidwalden , Obwalden , the cheapest of these for real estate is Obwalden

    • @jamesdean1143
      @jamesdean1143 7 місяців тому +1

      Hasn’t Roger Federer based himself in Schwyz ?

    • @ZaneConnor
      @ZaneConnor 7 місяців тому +2

      Am moving later this year to Lucerne canton. Exciting.....

    • @jamesdean1143
      @jamesdean1143 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ZaneConnor
      Very expensive.

    • @itsnowjoke1381
      @itsnowjoke1381 7 місяців тому +1

      @@jamesdean1143 good that keeps it exclusive

    • @drstewart
      @drstewart 7 місяців тому

      @@itsnowjoke1381 Epstein was "exclusive"

  • @Maryjane13400
    @Maryjane13400 7 місяців тому +15

    Thank you for covering this. Josephine Baker is another Entertainer who left the USA. Would be interested in your take on that one.

  • @renatosureal
    @renatosureal 7 місяців тому +45

    What strikes me the most is that ... in those days, ONLY the very rich and famous could do (and BRAG about) it. Nowadays .... ANYBODY can !! (and nobody else needs to know).

    • @jasonandersen5975
      @jasonandersen5975 7 місяців тому +1

      @leleo5019why? Why not tell people? It might inspire others to take that step.

    • @jasonandersen5975
      @jasonandersen5975 7 місяців тому

      @leleo5019 yours is quite a silly comment. She was asked questions by an interviewer; she answered them honestly.

    • @jasonandersen5975
      @jasonandersen5975 7 місяців тому

      @leleo5019 then you should rethink how you chose to articulate your actual thought. It was clumsy and ambiguous.

    • @jasonandersen5975
      @jasonandersen5975 7 місяців тому

      @leleo5019 I don’t know because I still don’t know what you were actually trying to say. As I said, it was (and is) clumsy and ambiguous.

  • @HoDLum
    @HoDLum 7 місяців тому +13

    What a beautiful accent she had! I could listen to her for hours.

  • @YogaBlissDance
    @YogaBlissDance 7 місяців тому +12

    I learned decades ago that she was HUGE in Europe at the time, like legendary, so she "went where she was treated best!" had to use your line. She got FLACK back then for this from many communities as it was more unusual at the time.

  • @MRMATTROMAN
    @MRMATTROMAN 7 місяців тому +27

    Simply The Best Andrew! I was waiting for him to say “What’s Love got to do With It”…then we’d really be Rollin on the river…but then again We don’t need another hero lol

    • @williamfleury4214
      @williamfleury4214 7 місяців тому

      I was going to say the same .. along the lines "So love DOES have something to do with it .."

  • @TheParcelinho
    @TheParcelinho 7 місяців тому +34

    Might be worth investigating Shania Twain's case - she is also in Switzerland despite her huge success in North America

    • @nobbynobbynoob
      @nobbynobbynoob 7 місяців тому +1

      Good one, though she's Canajun (eh!). :P

    • @8d4o0c4
      @8d4o0c4 7 місяців тому +11

      Heck, I'd be in even more of a hurry to leave Canada than much of the US, at this point!

    • @Redpepper7376
      @Redpepper7376 7 місяців тому +1

      Didn’t she have property in New Zealand?

    • @thisiskevin1000
      @thisiskevin1000 7 місяців тому +3

      A Canadian pop icon married a Swiss-French businessman

  • @elsa_nyc
    @elsa_nyc 7 місяців тому +42

    I am in the process of moving to Europe. And it's got nothing to do with the taxes. I live in New York and pay an obscene amount of taxes but I would even pay more to be in a much better country.

    • @nomadcapitalist
      @nomadcapitalist  7 місяців тому +14

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    • @bibibachmd9995
      @bibibachmd9995 7 місяців тому +9

      Good you are leaving that doomed city like so many others. The US is doomed.

    • @elsa_nyc
      @elsa_nyc 7 місяців тому

      @@bibibachmd9995 nyc is great, but US is a garbage dump.

    • @jacla666
      @jacla666 7 місяців тому

      @@bibibachmd9995 I disagree.

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 7 місяців тому

      I lived there 7 yrs. What country are you going to.

  • @pauljackson2473
    @pauljackson2473 7 місяців тому +87

    I don’t think taxes factored into her decision to leave the U.S.

    • @globalgogetter4469
      @globalgogetter4469 7 місяців тому +16

      He said that😂

    • @chillout914
      @chillout914 7 місяців тому +7

      A suiss passport is the best in the world not because of free visa countries but because of the reputation of switzerland , i live in Europe in Germany everyone dreams of the ability to live in Basel or zurich or Geneve !!!

    • @zeemc2751
      @zeemc2751 7 місяців тому +10

      On another talk show, she stated that people in other parts of the world always treated her better.💖

    • @missl8923
      @missl8923 7 місяців тому

      Madonna was a reason.

    • @pikachus5m166
      @pikachus5m166 7 місяців тому +6

      She long realised US exceptionalism and indispensability was a crock of ####.

  • @TheOddIdea-bo5hc
    @TheOddIdea-bo5hc 7 місяців тому +7

    I agree that re-entering the US has often been unpleasant, being treated with suspicion. I re-entered in early 2024 and got a "welcome home" from the border agent. I was really surprised. It was at night with nobody around (didn't check a bag) and by far the easiest re-entry I've made.

  • @lisalove6327
    @lisalove6327 7 місяців тому +31

    Alot of people in her social circle were very aware of her situation with Ike and somewhat complicit. Moving it was best thing she could have done

    • @allanluis3696
      @allanluis3696 7 місяців тому +1

      the abuse was bi-directional; adults should keep their hands to themselves.

    • @bobbyschannel349
      @bobbyschannel349 7 місяців тому +1

      Had nothing to do with Ike, she had divorced her years before.

    • @adrian-4767
      @adrian-4767 7 місяців тому

      lisalove6327 what's your IG?

  • @LostintheUS-2030
    @LostintheUS-2030 7 місяців тому +30

    Tina left the US for good in 93 (at the age of 54-55). She made the right decision. Beautiful and classy lady (RIH)❤⚘️
    I currently follow 2 UA-camrs who live in Switzerland. One is from India, and one is from the US.
    Both broke down their monthly expenses and the pathway to permanent residency (the US UA-camr) and citizenship (the Indian UA-camr).
    Both also made it clear about language proficiency. You will need B1 levels of German, French or Italian. Depending on which canton you choose. 🇨🇭❤👍🏽

  • @frankziesemer167
    @frankziesemer167 7 місяців тому +10

    She lived in Kuesnacht, a municipality in the Canton of Zurich and one of the lowest tax exp. I lived there for years and saved heavy on taxes.

  • @rosegold.sunset4749
    @rosegold.sunset4749 7 місяців тому +12

    I feel like when I leave Canada my life is really going to take off for the better. Tina has always been an inspiration to me to go where I’m treated best. I’m still not sure where that is but looking forward to it 💛

  • @Exposemedia4u
    @Exposemedia4u 7 місяців тому +14

    Learned so many things watching these videos and reading Andrew’s book. And it changed my life .

    • @nomadcapitalist
      @nomadcapitalist  7 місяців тому +4

      So glad to hear that! 😊

    • @ZaneConnor
      @ZaneConnor 7 місяців тому +2

      Mine also. Love your work Andrew and team. Smiles from Australia (escaping soon.... )

  • @SeanOHanlon
    @SeanOHanlon 7 місяців тому +14

    Think about how Tina Turner was treated for most of her life while she lived in the US:
    A Black woman living in the South through the 50's and 60's was not made to feel welcome in many places.
    Then she was married to a man who was physically and emotionally abusive. (Ike)
    The only thing that surprised me was that she didn't get out sooner.

    • @anotherabeer4341
      @anotherabeer4341 7 місяців тому

      Blacks in America have received for almost 60 years now preferential treatment known as Affirmative Action in employment hiring and college admissions. The race card nonsense doesn’t work as an excuse anymore.

    • @moniquewrites9046
      @moniquewrites9046 7 місяців тому +4

      @@legion-s7tbeing black in the US was no walk in the park and it does matter.

    • @jephtealcena3464
      @jephtealcena3464 6 місяців тому +1

      @@legion-s7tNo one is playing the race card. This is the reality that has affected millions of black Americans for generations. The impacts are still relevant.

  • @allthingsnu4673
    @allthingsnu4673 7 місяців тому +4

    I love how he explained that traveling to other countries forces you to know who you are. That is one of the reasons why I enjoy traveling. I sometimes feel that, if I had it to do over again, I would have left my hometown as a young women and explored who I was as I explored the world. I'm 59 now; I can still do it but I have regrets about not doing it earlier.

  • @jeremiahreilly9739
    @jeremiahreilly9739 7 місяців тому +5

    As an American living, working, and paying taxes in Switzerland, I find the paperwork burden of being a US citizen living outside the USA to be massive. In addition, it is very difficult to invest and plan for retirement because of US tax policy.

  • @isa-manuelaalbrecht2951
    @isa-manuelaalbrecht2951 7 місяців тому +25

    Yesssyesss yesss she was living some kms 'appart from me in Küsnacht nearby Zürich...loved her music 😊

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak 7 місяців тому

      _durch diese hohle Gasse muss er kommen; es führt kein anderer Weg nach Küssnacht_ :D

    • @jamesdean1143
      @jamesdean1143 7 місяців тому

      My understanding is that she was renting her mansion first, and then bought it once she got citizenship.

  • @joebidet2050
    @joebidet2050 7 місяців тому +37

    She was more popular in Europe

    • @D1Snr
      @D1Snr 7 місяців тому +3

      I was just about to comment the same. She was way more popular in Europe than America

    • @gugy68
      @gugy68 7 місяців тому +5

      She was huge also in Latin America. Her shows there were huge.

    • @jubernardi23
      @jubernardi23 7 місяців тому

      @@gugy68This is true

  • @jdrancho1864
    @jdrancho1864 7 місяців тому +3

    Tina Turner was friends with Mick Jagger. She was at a career low in the late Seventies/early Eighties and he was instrumental in getting her career as a solo act back on track by helping her with the sessions recording her come-back hits like 'Private Dancer' and 'What's Love Got To Do With it'?
    After that, as she said in the interview, European fans have been very good to her.

  • @ElliottJMiller
    @ElliottJMiller 7 місяців тому +15

    I would too. This 35% tax is trash. I’m so ready to leave.

    • @mamaitaliano9774
      @mamaitaliano9774 7 місяців тому +8

      It's actually higher tax bracket than that, as if you look at everything they taxe us for in our life. Were more than 50% taxed.

    • @samchs222
      @samchs222 7 місяців тому +2

      Scandinavian countries pay less than that for most middle class and they get good social benefits

  • @JaeSwift10JamellaSwift
    @JaeSwift10JamellaSwift 7 місяців тому +15

    A lot of Black artists have left the US for better treatment. You didn't touch on the race factor. As a Black woman, it is exhausting dealing with race in the US. Yes, racism is global, however, in the USA you also have the fear of dying for being Black. This is one of the reasons why I am leaving.

    • @ilovemytribe
      @ilovemytribe 7 місяців тому +2

      What countries are you interested in. I'm AA and looking into Mexico

    • @Beachgirl1
      @Beachgirl1 7 місяців тому

      Wrong. In the US, Whites are being brutally persecuted and “White Genocide” is being taught in the far left, black controlled schools and the media.
      In the US, Whites are treated as subhuman. You are brainwashed.

    • @merrytunes8697
      @merrytunes8697 7 місяців тому +3

      I have been debating this as well. I feel shackled and I don’t like being a perpetual target. In the US, I can’t escape being othered as a Black woman.

  • @leemartinez2975
    @leemartinez2975 7 місяців тому +3

    I can relate to Andrew on the point he makes about going back to the US. When crossing into Texas the CBP officers do not tell me welcome home, only one time has a CBP officer welcomed me back home. Some of the CBP officers are nice enough, some times I get one that is just plain rude insisting on speaking in Spanish to me. I have a Global Entry card; I was born in Texas and they insist on speaking to me in a foreign language. The Mexican border cops in general are more courteous to me when I cross back to Mexico. The US simply is not structured to be courteous to its citizens, especially to its citizens that are not white. What is ironic is that the majority of the CBP officers that are courteous are either black or white, most of the rude ones that are rude to Hispanic Americans are fellow Hispanic Americans. Go where you are treated best.

  • @srraff3507
    @srraff3507 7 місяців тому +2

    I’m Swiss. Lived near Tina in Küsnacht. The races in this commune/council area is the cheapest in the canton of Zurich. Extremely low taxes there. And since the main taxes are paid locally with very low cantonal or federal taxes, Tina would have certainly been paying vastly less than US, UK or French taxes. She didn’t need a tax deal or lump sum. What’s more, there are way to eliminate taxation altogether in Switzerland depending on how you set up your finances, especially as a business owner or if you structure debt correctly. Tina would have had little to no taxes and definitely decided to live in Küsnact because of it having the lowest taxes in the entire canton.

    • @adrian-4767
      @adrian-4767 7 місяців тому

      srraff3507 you're blessed by being Swiss...

  • @SenorJuan2023
    @SenorJuan2023 7 місяців тому +13

    She's SO adorable.

  • @JanPBtest
    @JanPBtest 7 місяців тому +6

    It's not _paying_ taxes, it's mostly the overreach of the current (esp. after Obama) US tax law which creates certain consequences affecting relatives who don't even go to the US at all. Terry Gilliam in a video on YT explained once why he renounced US citizenship: his lawyer looked at the new tax regulations and told him that if a car runs him over in the streets of London (say), his survivors might not be able to keep their English house. This was the straw that broke the camel's back. There are many similar stories, Wall Street Journal had a series of articles about it several years ago.

  • @muffintopz4692
    @muffintopz4692 7 місяців тому +8

    Welcome home. So sweet. I almost feel teary hearing you say that. I can imagine what that felt like. 🏠 ❤

  • @globalgogetter4469
    @globalgogetter4469 7 місяців тому +21

    All of these idiots in the comment section thinking she moved simply for love. She was a very intelligent and savvy woman who had amassed a fortune.

  • @Time2Live.online
    @Time2Live.online 7 місяців тому +8

    When I moved to Central America back in 1995, I wasn't thinking about taxes, or job opportunities or residency or anything like that. I felt that where I was living in the suburbs of Atlanta was quickly turning into a police state. When I got on the plane to leave, my only thought was "I am so Done with the US." I found an open, friendly welcoming society, a true Democracy to make my new home. I met and married a beautiful young local girl and after 25 years together, all is still good. I have learned patience because nothing happens quickly down here. Bust as I get older, that's OK. And now if I come across a couple beat cops standing on a corner in downtown San Jose, I always take the time to stop, shake their hands, thank them for their service, and just chat for a while. What a stark contrast from the Ga. State Patrol that used to harass me every time I got in my car. I'm still proud to have been born in the U.S., but as I watch now and see everyone scrambling to try to save Democracy, I can't help but think that I was 30 years ahead of the times.

    • @ilovemytribe
      @ilovemytribe 7 місяців тому +1

      I totally understand. I've lived in CA, Atlanta and now North Carolina. The U.S. is a rapidly declining place. I'm looking at Mexico...

  • @KappaMan69
    @KappaMan69 7 місяців тому +8

    This is one of your better videos

  • @stickolascage2936
    @stickolascage2936 7 місяців тому +3

    Hell yeah man bro I been following you for years since no subscribers keep killing it my brother 💪🏾

  • @friedrichdergroe9664
    @friedrichdergroe9664 7 місяців тому +7

    So she proved that there is life beyond the Thunderdome!

  • @rahuliyer7456
    @rahuliyer7456 7 місяців тому +12

    Andrew
    Look into the life of Bollywood Actor and heartthrob Akshay Kumar. He is/was one of the most bankable actors in India for his time. He is not without controversy though. He has been retired/semi-retired for a number of years.
    Early on in his career in India, he was struggling, not getting the opportunities he wanted. He left India for Canada. He immigrated. He was helped by his relatives in Canada. He tried a few different kinds of careers in India. Eventually he found luck in India and moved back to India for an acting career in Bollywood.
    While in Canada, he naturalized and became a Canadian citizen. This meant he had to legally renounce his India citizenship under India law. He did that and got what we term as an OCI (some call it an Overseas Citizenship of India; others call it a visa akin to India's "Green Card"). It is a visa that many in the India diaspora hold. It is a "grey area", as Indian law explicitly forbids dual citizenship. The India government classifies it as a visa.
    When Akshay Kumar returned to India and Bollywood for his acting career, he didn't bother to re-acquire his India citizenship. This did cause some controversy in the general public. Akshay Kumar did eventually re-acquire his India citizenship and give up his Canadian citizenship.
    What this shows is that people can, and do, change citizenships. They make choices, and they give or acquire citizenships based upon their own personal situations and choices.

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 7 місяців тому

      This is very interesting! Ty for sharing!

  • @tressiesmuse1030
    @tressiesmuse1030 7 місяців тому +3

    Deep Commentary 🎉Thank You 😊❤

  • @71kimg
    @71kimg 7 місяців тому +3

    Regarding taxes - in Swiss 🇨🇭 - rich and famous could get their own private tax rate - possibly because each canton are very independent. My Swiss colleagues called it the Tina turner rule.

  • @azdbuk
    @azdbuk 7 місяців тому +3

    This is uncanny........last night I watched "1971" music doc on Apple. I googled Tina Turner and wondered about her citizenship journey. And today NC explains.......wild. Gorgeous talent...RIP.

  • @AlphizzleMusic
    @AlphizzleMusic 7 місяців тому +10

    Hi Andrew, can you start doing case study segments on individuals that have taken up and/or given up citizenship?

  • @MindfulMoments1444
    @MindfulMoments1444 7 місяців тому +4

    In this country we don't get much for the taxes we pay. Not to mention all of the turmoil and meddling we do in other countries while neglecting this country. The corporations and lobbyists own the government and therefore they will NEVER act in the best interest of the people. America is on the decline. Also, she was treated better abroad, I experienced the same and don't blame her.

  • @patriciadunmore9767
    @patriciadunmore9767 7 місяців тому +5

    I don’t usually associate musicians especially those in the world of popular music with sophistication, this is where Tina is different, she has a European sophistication about her.
    Rip Tina Turner.

  • @PunchitUnboxed
    @PunchitUnboxed 7 місяців тому +8

    Switzerland is always the best backup! 🤩🇨🇭🍀

  • @SunofYork
    @SunofYork 7 місяців тому +5

    I have UK and US passports. She speaks with a beautiful English accent.... and I am picky !

  • @alundavies1016
    @alundavies1016 7 місяців тому +2

    I live in the UK, I am British, born British. If I looked around and found a country that I wanted to live in more then I would move. It’s not that hard.

  • @samuelzev4076
    @samuelzev4076 7 місяців тому +7

    Got any tips on how to start putting flags in another country and acquire citizenship if you’re not super rich?

  • @SALFXEF
    @SALFXEF 7 місяців тому +13

    I am in the process of getting Italian citizenship I have collected all my documents except for a few that I need from Sicily. I am also applying from Mexican residency. I am almost retired And I'm not wealthy. I am planning on going to Italy in the fall to apply there. I am considering renouncing if it makes the best sense

    • @nomadcapitalist
      @nomadcapitalist  7 місяців тому +7

      It sounds like you're navigating through a complex but exciting process! If you need any guidance or support along the way, feel free to reach out to us. Best of luck!

    • @SALFXEF
      @SALFXEF 7 місяців тому +8

      @@nomadcapitalist thank you. I'm pretty sure I can't afford Your services. But follow along for good advice. I meet the financial solvency requirements for the Mexican residency. I am eligible for Italian citizenship through my mother and grandfather. May have a small hurdle with the new minor issue.

    • @chiaralistica
      @chiaralistica 7 місяців тому +1

      I'm a dual US - Italian citizen. Worth every penny and bit of effort.

  • @krisb-travel
    @krisb-travel 7 місяців тому +3

    The good thing with the US is that tourists can enter for 6 months at a time. So if you’re rich there’s really no need to be a US citizen.

  • @PR-Jae
    @PR-Jae 5 місяців тому +1

    I’ve been told welcome home arriving to the USA. Many times

  • @marineforces3214
    @marineforces3214 7 місяців тому +4

    certainly one other reason : if u live in Zurich , u don’t get shot if u have to go to the grocery store

    • @anotherabeer4341
      @anotherabeer4341 7 місяців тому +1

      Hmmm, wanna guess which specific demographic commits a disproportionate amount of gun violence in America? In fact responsible for 60% of homicides by gun.

  • @simon77047
    @simon77047 7 місяців тому +7

    I was welcomed home after working in Seoul, S. Korea for two years. I returned to the US in 2003 between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

  • @JustMe-s6s4m
    @JustMe-s6s4m 6 місяців тому +1

    Real reasons for giving up US citizenship if you live abroad: 1) Politics. If you have lived in country X for 20 years, their politics interest you more than who the governor is in a state you are no longer connected to. Typically, non-residents can't vote in the local politics which includes local social systems and taxation, etc. 2) US tax law. The US forces their citizens overseas to FILE US taxes, even though in many cases there will be NO TAX DUE. It's double the paperwork and for what? 3) US laws on bank accounts. If you live overseas, you will need an overseas bank account. BUT, the US is so afraid you might make a buck in interest and not report it that there are HUGE amounts of paperwork they force the BANK to do for all accounts for US citizens. (See 2 above, no tax due, just lots of paperwork for nothing!) The local banks don't want to do all that work unless you are a million dollar customer so, believe it or not, they will forcibly close accounts of Americans so they won't have to abide by the US laws. If they have US citizen accounts and don't abide by the US law, the US will ban them from doing business in the US, for example Wall Street! 4) Convenience. Most countries have local ID laws. Many will not issue ID to non-citizens so the US citizen has to carry a passport with them 24/7/365! Get a local ID card and it's as easy as carrying your drivers license in the US. 5) Like it or not, many US citizens living abroad are embarassed by US Presidents likw Bush Jr or Trump and choose to disassociate themselves with the US because of it. Like it or not, both embarassed the entire nation as seen from outside. This is not even a Republican or Democrat issue. Both Kennedy and Reagan were well liked internationally.

  • @lovey980
    @lovey980 7 місяців тому +3

    I’m too indecisive to ever give up my citizenship. Even though the US isn’t my dream destination to live(at the moment), I think about how we have such variety in geography and weather… Hawaii, Alaska, Wyoming, Florida, Maine. Endless possibilities. Our politics are warped though.

  • @bw2442
    @bw2442 7 місяців тому +5

    If the USA is the freest nation in the world then her people should be the happiest in the world and have the best systems and lowest taxes in the world. If people move out and renounce the USA this should make other Americans curious not angry. Where does this anger come from?

    • @tonyjones1560
      @tonyjones1560 6 місяців тому

      If you’re conditioned to believe that you’re living in the best place EVER, it sets off major cognitive dissonance to hear someone say otherwise, let alone act on it. IMO the cognitive stuff happens because, speaking as a US citizen, we know this place isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So that…trouble maker…becomes a lunatic, or a sellout, or a coward or whatever. “It’s not any better anywhere else,” often said by someone who’s never BEEN anywhere else…IJS

  • @TheRubberKitty
    @TheRubberKitty 7 місяців тому +1

    I listen to you guys even though I am not in your 'range' of customers and it has motivated me to do what I have always wanted and have property overseas. I had 'forgotten' that I liked doing this sort of stuff. :)

  • @TheeHoneyBadger7093
    @TheeHoneyBadger7093 7 місяців тому +11

    But did yall catch Tina say...who😮😂 her move abroad worked out in her favor....

  • @tsuisunyu
    @tsuisunyu 7 місяців тому +11

    why is my friends from china all still wanted to come to america so bad? I try to tell them no, they won't believe me

    • @kingnick6260
      @kingnick6260 7 місяців тому +10

      Are they coming to work for big tech? The pay for that field is astronomically higher in the US than EU / Asia, and can always take your capital back to your homeland like many of my Asian international friends from university several years ago. Also I’m generalizing hard I know 😅

    • @d3r3kyasmar
      @d3r3kyasmar 7 місяців тому

      Because America is better than China.

  • @DRventura333
    @DRventura333 7 місяців тому +5

    Let's sum it ; like many other singers/actors of color, she was the top African American female singer in the US but in America, her own birth country, she was Still discriminated in Hotels, in business, in recognition. Of course she would move to where she was Appreciated. She also did not want to be beholding to America (tax wise) when she was not benefiting. To each their own.

  • @a.tevetoglu3366
    @a.tevetoglu3366 7 місяців тому +3

    Tina Turner had incredible success in Europe, she found a new life.

  • @vej48
    @vej48 7 місяців тому +5

    In other interviews she shared about leaving the US because of the racism.

    • @merrytunes8697
      @merrytunes8697 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes, that is purposefully not being highlighted.

  • @oh_rhythm
    @oh_rhythm 7 місяців тому +3

    I love that Tina is genuinely intelligent.

  • @Ms.Robinson__
    @Ms.Robinson__ 7 місяців тому +3

    Just moved and I don't miss the US as a home at all.

    • @NEBarcino
      @NEBarcino 7 місяців тому +1

      I feel the same. Left the U.S. nearly 10 years ago and don't miss it one bit. Best of luck to you in your new happy place! 😊

  • @andrewacefraser
    @andrewacefraser 7 місяців тому +2

    I want more Freedom! Great video Andrew thanks!

  • @TheSavateur
    @TheSavateur 7 місяців тому +3

    America is NOT the greatest country.. The reasons for that title don’t exist.. The states are definitely not “United” I spent 10 years in Europe. Hadn’t been for family I would return.

  • @Daniel23544
    @Daniel23544 7 місяців тому +4

    Larry King: "He's nothing like Ike?"
    Tina: "Who???" 🤔🤨🤣🤣🤣

  • @pauls3075
    @pauls3075 7 місяців тому +3

    Andrew: Move for Taxes, Love, career, lifestyle!
    Tina: Whats love got to do with it.

  • @FunkyBruja
    @FunkyBruja 7 місяців тому +3

    Go where you're loved and celebrated.

  • @MiscMail-lv1iy
    @MiscMail-lv1iy 6 місяців тому +1

    How much of each language do you speak for each country that you live /stay in? Did you take courses or is English sufficient with a few key phrases of other languages?

  • @japeri171
    @japeri171 7 місяців тому +3

    Your nationality is a condition, not an eternal contract.

  • @paul-emilecorbeil931
    @paul-emilecorbeil931 7 місяців тому +2

    It could be that, for Tina Turner, Zurich may offer much more convenient plane/train connexions while in Switzerland.

  • @rogerdinhelm4671
    @rogerdinhelm4671 3 місяці тому +1

    She followed her boyfrend to another country and yet refused to marry him. I think that just goes to show how women treat marriage and love when they are not beneficial for them.

  • @stevenjansen1183
    @stevenjansen1183 7 місяців тому +12

    What's love got to do with it? 😛

  • @SamMcKinley
    @SamMcKinley 7 місяців тому +1

    Great topic!! I think about her when I watch your show

  • @JH-rk9gd
    @JH-rk9gd 7 місяців тому +1

    I saw her live several times, first time in 1974 or 5, their last tour in a 3000 seat auditorium south of San Francisco with Ike and the Ikeetts. I was in 2nd row with elevated stage looking right up Tina’s and the backup dancers dresses and they were flashing their legs pretty good, it was awesome

  • @wuddayameen
    @wuddayameen 7 місяців тому +2

    Everyday scenario for Americans living abroad who have never set foot in the USA... Annoying paperwork for a country they have no allegiance...

  • @sprezzatura8755
    @sprezzatura8755 7 місяців тому +9

    I love Zurich and I love Switzerland. California should be the Switzerland of the United States but I can't imagine that ever happening.