How to Minimize Inflation in Your Life

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In the past, I worked for U.S. companies while living abroad. My resident state in the U.S. does not have a state income tax, but I paid all of the other ones. I do not believe in evading taxes.

As far as working remotely in other countries, visa laws vary by country. For example, Mexico says that you can be a temporary resident and work in Mexico if your employer is based in your native country. Mexico only taxes locally sourced income, which doesn't apply to expats working online. Many young Americans are working like that here (some from the Silicon Valley companies, some from Forbes 500 companies, and others).

Regarding the tracking of ISP addresses, I agree that it's becoming more of a thing. Although, the main reason is that many Silicon Valley companies don't want to pay six figure salaries (to employees who don't live in those high cost of living areas) because they would rather save money by paying them a smaller (but still above average) salary relative to the cost of living of the employee's local area. Most employees can avoid that with an excellent VPN.

Many companies have strict security policies for a variety of reasons including governmental contractions. Many companies put VPN only connections on their computers. You can only access their system through that connection. You cannot add your own VPN on top of that. 

Lying about where you live is extremely unethical. Many companies have corporate policies in their employee handbooks about ethics and how violating their ethics/moral clauses can lead to termination. 

There's far more out there than just the Silicon Valley companies. There's an entire country that has nothing to do with Silicon Valley. 

Relocating from one state to another is a huge hassle. It also usually requires corporate approval. We had to be approved when we relocated years ago. I'm also seeing friends who thought they were smart and relocated during the pandemic being told they have 30-90 days to move back in state or they will be terminated. They were never given permission to leave the state with their job. The company isn't set up to have employees in every state. 

I asked my husband about moving to Mexico just for kicks. He looked at me like I had 8 heads. I asked him about keeping his job and just moving. His response was nope. I asked if he go permission how possible would it be. He said nope. He reminded me of the gentlemen who took a corporate job and moved offices to another state as he was required to do. He now has a corporate job in Ireland. It took over a year for everything to be finalized for him to work at a corporate office in Ireland. This was a planned and approved relocation. 

What happens if you move to Mexico and hate it for whatever reason? Or any country. It's not so easy to just pack up and move back. Moving is expensive. Also if one has settled down with a spouse, kids, dog, house, and all that jazz it's definitely not easy to just pick up and leave. There's far more to life than saving a few bucks on the cost of food.