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I'm currently reading "The Story of Stuff", the book by Annie Leonard based on her online video of the same name (see the foot of the page).  I highly recommend watching it, but if you don't have time, Annie is part eco-warrior part econo-existentialist, to coin a label.  She believes we, in so-called western economies, work too much, essentially because we use resources frivolously.
 
There are two reasons The Story of Stuff struck a chord with me in relation to living and working offshore. 
 
First, the Story talks a lot about people in western societies working too ...
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… the more they stay the same. So goes the old saying.
 
Recently the Cayman Islands Government released a quasi-legislative set of “Directions” providing guidance in the application of the Immigration Law in relation to financial services.
 
First to clarify the standing of this document in relation to the law. The
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Let’s face it, anyone who works in the offshore environment has a high content of capitalist blood cells running through their veins, it’s one of the main reasons we decided to swap our lives in our dreary home countries and move to paradise to earn tax free salaries. Or, if you are lucky enough, you get to be native to this incredible lifestyle!  

Barack Obama

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