&gt; So yes, it would discourage people from going to a new country for fun and lounging around there and not working. People who want to move to a new country should do it because there&#x27;s a job for them in that new country, and if it doesn&#x27;t pay above the GBI threshold, then yes, they should probably stay home.<p>Absolutely not. I&#x27;ve been traveling through many countries over the past &gt;year working remotely on my personal business based at home in the US. Who are you to say I should be tied down in my home country to receive the same benefits everyone else does, especially since I pay taxes like everyone else?<p>* Sent while on a train traveling through Vietnam