The Cayman Islands: Where the Rich Get Richer

Discover the rich history, stunning landscapes, and controversial role of the Cayman Islands. From tax haven to tropical paradise, explore how these islands remain vital on the world stage.

[@andypadova]

It’s worse here, our economy is like a flailing fish, fighting for its life. The normal state of the U.S. economy is actually very bad. Because of this it goes into convulsive spasms fighting to grow any way it can out of desperation. Tricks, gimmicks, rule changes try to stimulate the economy and prevent it from falling but they only bring temporary relief to people since, when you factor in inflation we are declining.

[@theTeslaking]

People believe their currency has the worth it does because they have no other option. Even in a hyper-inflationary environment, individuals must continue to use their hyper-inflationary currency since they likely have minimal access to other currencies or gold/silver coins.

[@JosephMartin7226]

Inflation is gradually going to become part of us and due to that fact any money you keep in cash or in a low-interest account declines in value each year. Investing is the only way to make your money grow and unless you have an exceptionally high income, investing is the only way most people will ever have enough money to retire.

[@cesarmurph]

I've tried investing in the stock market several times but always got discouraged by fluctuations of stock value. I would be happy if you could advise me based on how you went about yours, as I am ready to go the passive income path.

[@JosephMartin7226]

I've stuck with the popularly ‘’Sharon Ann Meny” for about five years now, and her performance has been consistently impressive. She’s quite known in her field, I agree with her.

[@cesarmurph]

she appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran an online search on her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

[@WilliamNail-t6f]

Strictly here to to increase Simon's presence in the algorithm.

[@WhatifiForgotMyName]

I like it when you get strict

[@fathercay]

As someone who grew up in Grand Cayman and has lived here my entire life, I must applaud this documentary. I’ve been watching you for years and never in my right mind did I expect a video on our little slice of paradise. Addressing our history, current status and future outlook, it’s very well researched and put out. Regarding the cost of climate change, massive implications over the last few years due to residential and commercial development alongside massive beach erosion from recent storms has already begun decimating our western coast (7 Mile Beach). Besides some incorrect information, such as about some not having running water or power and the crocodiles/alligators, very well put. Thank you for this Simon.

[@JakeSezz]

The last time I was this early, Brain Blaze was called Business Blaze.

[@fathertimegaming17]

One would figure you would have found time to find a life between now and then

[@kevinyoung9706]

Warographics got renamed today 😂

[@kevinyoung9706]

​@@fathertimegaming17dont be a prick

[@cameronmadden8723]

Or warographics to war fronts

[@WarnockRafferty]

​@@kevinyoung9706Warfronts 😅

[@CrvrMb]

Love that big run time. Give us more, Whistleboy! 🤩

[@SC1ENCEP1E]

I also am appreciative of the length!

[@jeffdroog]

I'm more impressed with the girth!

[@CrvrMb]

@@SC1ENCEP1E *insert funny joke about length here*

[@howsitvingoing2048]

​@CrvrMb if you put something that is long on its end,it will reach up high?. No never mind that's not funny😢

[@CrvrMb]

@@howsitvingoing2048 it’s okay i’ll still give you internet points. ☺️

[@_kreetch9231]

Simon blink twice if you need help and are locked in a basement somewhere in Liverpool being forced to record KZbin videos for eternity

[@cdef8124]

Revenge of the writers

[@Grace.allovertheplace]

Love this comment ✨😂😂

[@A0A4ful]

I think there a hidden code in the way he keeps his door shutter staged, behind him, most of the time. If we seen only the thickness edge of the door, it is a '0'. If, one sees a perspective staging of the door, extend the perspective lines to the vanishing point, till it intersects the objects on the shelf, it is a '1'. Watch it for a hundred video uploads for a pattern. The spectrum of the light from his lamps are also a clue, to which I have not figured.

[@kwisin1337]

This is gold!❤

[@ralston2235]

I am from Grand Cayman 🙋‍♂️

[@user-ox4ys]

I'm not.

[@duragjulie1182]

🎉🎉aye

[@gyallis4life617]

MUCH LOVE FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

[@gyallis4life617]

I never, in my wildest dream thought I'd see you make a video about my lovely EXPENSIVE island. Although, I was expecting more actual pictures of the island

[@tarajh]

I visited in 2018 and couldn't believe how expensive it was! Food and groceries, specifically. I remember thinking, "how does someone making $8/hr afford to live here??" Beautiful island with lovely, friendly people 😎

[@gyallis4life617]

Hey, thank you for visiting our island. I hope you enjoyed our hospitality, cuisine, and beaches. However, you're 100% right about our cost of living. I believe we're still no.2 for the most expensive places to live. 🤯

[@christinedeshano2872]

I think this one is my favorite. It's not done yet, but you're making me want to play Assassin's Creed

[@gmoney4980]

The last time I was this early... Simon only had 195,573 channels!

[@jorgelotr3752]

Long ago, indeed.

[@Stichting_NoFa-p]

Everyone comments this without realizing that it's not the channels, but the amount of videos that contribute mostly to the large amount of content.

[@jorgelotr3752]

@@Stichting_NoFa-p The content is what attracts us, the channels, what make us lost.

[@harrisonmiller6475]

If I was a billionaire I would spend my summers here and have a villa. It is very beautiful this place!

[@LadyAdakStillStands]

Ahhh yes...and be at one of your other private villas during the Fall, Winter and Spring! 😉

[@rezaulhaquebarlaskar]

He is omnipresent (Literally saw him on some other channel) I have 3 videos on my homepage of him all from different channels

[@fathertimegaming17]

Thanks for that. I don't know if you know about this. Most people don't. But Simon has a lot of channels. You sound like Trump discovering something for the first time for him that everyone already knows.

[@bryanmccarthy6493]

​@@fathertimegaming17I bet your TDS is starting to affect all aspects of your life and not in a good way. Go talk to a therapist.

[@davidtaylor5293]

Simon is youtube haha. Great presenting styles . He knows when to be funny and when to be serious. Top tenz is terrible since he left

[@WarnockRafferty]

​@@davidtaylor5293same with geograpics

[@Hillbilly001]

​@@davidtaylor5293Your opinion, Pinhead.

[@victoriaeads6126]

My cousin worked and lived on the Caymans for years. Then he moved to Ireland. He's...uh....a finance guy 🙄😜

[@Hoekstes]

Super interesting, thanks!

[@JPriz416]

I've been there many times great vacation spot and great people.

[@jeremyanderson1139]

"I can't divulge any information about that customer's secret illegal account"

[@ashleycross7593]

Oh crap, I shouldn't have said he was a customer, oh crap, I shouldn't have said it was a secret, oh crap I *certainly* shouldn't have said it was illegal.

[@ashleycross7593]

Mmm mmm, *it's too hot today*

[@Dennis-xj8nh]

Privacy ftw ❤

[@Apologia14]

A bit of a sensationalized and slanted account of Cayman and its financial services industry. He completely ignores that Cayman is on the whitelist of the Financial Action Task Force, the OECD and the EU. He doesn’t really reference facts just comments of the “Tax Justice Network” and the “Transparency International”.

[@thegiftofgab345]

EXACTLY !💯

[@kdmqhdblack8034]

I love the video, however I am a caymanian citizen (bracka) I was raised in cayman brac and I learned the history and everything. 70% of what you said is correct 30% is completely incorrect. It would be nice if you got some more footage of our country I’m sure there is some copyright free videos you can use as the Bluff is very beautiful and stingray city is also amazing to look at. Again, love it but please ensure to be more accurate going forward👍🏾.

[@philip-andrewsciamonte8801]

We definitely don't have crocodiles. 3:02

[@Rastitute97]

Can you shed more light and the stuff that is incorrect. I’m not trying to be rude, I would just like to hear from an actual Caymanian. Much love

[@duragjulie1182]

@@philip-andrewsciamonte8801we used to but they killed them off apparently….

[@mastersmurfify]

Its the reason I downvoted the video and will be more suspect about other videos from him on subjects I know little about. too many things were wrong with a negative speculation that I doubt would be placed on other jurisdictions.

[@skatee99]

Simon: Long time fan and love your videos and sense of humor. Not sure if you read comments or, take viewer suggestions for a new video, but: As an Americian (Yank, lol), we have always been facinated by this simple question - Why do people with a Brittish accent make an "r" sound at the ends of words ending in an "ah" sound? I know it has to do with whether it is proceeded by a vowel or not yet: You have a great way of informing us of how and why a certain thing is. This would be of interest from a linguistics standpoint and perhaps a historical one. Inquiring non-Brittish minds would like to know the how's and why's, lol. (P.s. We love to hear words like scuba - to Americians, phonically pronounced, "skoo-bah" versus "skoo-ber"). There has to be a history/back story there. Thanks, keep up the great work!

[@amandarust2849]

The British didn’t always speak this way. Shakespeare and Chaucer spoke English with an accent, similar to American English. The reason the current British accent exists, is snobbery. Around the time of the American Revolution, rich, young Brits wanted another way to differentiate themselves from common/poor Brits. So they intentionally dropped the hard “r”. It’s called Received Pronunciation.

[@usonumabeach300]

I got to the Pensacola area 2 weeks before Ivan struck here. It was a strong storm.

[@ashawnitrusty7967]

We don’t have any alligators or crocodiles……. Good video but a lot of missing information

[@josephsteffen]

100 percent this

[@julidu1]

My family is from Cayman Brac

[@JLBHabs]

Nice man same!

[@CGB.]

FYI no Caymanian agrees to the term “Caymans” it is not a thing. Its just called the Cayman Islands with Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. It’s like someone saying I visited the Americas rather than America.

[@llewen123]

I was told " don't call it the Cayman, because if you visit the Virgin islands"

[@aKalishnacough]

My great grandfather was British SAS. He was born in New Zealand and raised in the Cayman. He went back to ChristChurch and moved back three weeks later. "NZ is my homeland. But this beach is my home. And these dark skinned people, my family." He said this to my father and spent his old age with a beautiful Jamaican women eight years his senior. One day he walked into the sea and never came back.

[@noobkaka567]

Okay

[@user-ox4ys]

Thank you.

[@dryice0v030]

Watching from Barbados 🇧🇧

[@MrTexasDan]

Went there on a cruise last year. Swam with rays. Snorkeled. It was nice.

[@keab42]

I still find that side-on face shot weird, but enjoying these videos.

[@DrunkASMR]

I'm just glad they stopped that random shot of him talking through a distorted TV. Used to mess with my hearing aids!

[@roberthighsmith26]

I'll take "weird side shot" over "Ai interpretation" any day

[@keab42]

@@roberthighsmith26 100%

[@jamesrutledge1924]

That video made me feel that the islands are still being frequented by pirates.

[@comettamer]

In a way, they are

[@shamark78]

Not the type that come on sail ships.

[@bigfisher4354]

Nothing has changed in centuries. It's just today the pirates arrive on $100m private jets.

[@shamark78]

We haven’t been directly struck by a hurricane in 20 years. You were mostly on point until you missed on the hurricane point.

[@cayman401]

Also... Who's growing avocados here?

[@emeraldstrataandpropertyma6101]

Me. Also Farm Fresh. Foster’s sell their avocados

[@Psikucertk]

Ive been here Sting Ray city was so dope!!!

[@cheekyb71]

"E-goo-you-ana"? Whistle boi, you having a stroke? 😂 Love these longer vids though team ❤

[@tthappyrock368]

Fascinating history!

[@c.ebanks4644]

Please learn to pronounce my islands nation name correctly. We are The Cayman Islands, not The Caymans. Get it right

[@GioRawr]

I'm In Grand Cayman Right Now!

[@niteshjain7576]

Hey, could you let me know more how I could get there

[@duragjulie1182]

@@niteshjain7576stay where u at unless ur coming as a tourist.

[@argentaamore]

Welcome to Bahrain 1. Personal Tax: 0 2. Coporate Tax: 0 3. Capital Gains Tax: 0 4. Inheritance Tax: 0 5. Dividens Tax: 0 6. Tax on Income from other countries: 0 7. Tax on stocks, bonds, crypto: 0 8. VAT: 10% 9. Investor Resident Visa: 5 years 10. Sunny white sand beaches: Yes 11. Seaside living: Yes 12. Cost of Luxury 3 bedroom Seaview apartment: $ 400K 13. Cost of beachfront 600m2 villa with private beach: $ 1.7M 14. Healthcare: Very high standard 15. Shopping Malls: Every 10 mins away and with full options 16. Schools: International schools freely available 17. Government support for businesses to set up: Yes 18. Real Estate Can Be purchased by foreigner: Yes 19. Company can be owned by foreigner: Yes 100% 20. Safety: Yes. One of the safest places on the world 21. Religious Freedom: Yes there are mosques, churches & temples

[@rafanadir6958]

Ok but you can never become a citizen.

[@petelandry1149]

As a Cayman resident, calling it “the Caymans” is considered a faux pas…. I struggled to watch this because I kept cringing.

[@semajhcassius8269]

do a video on st Kitts and Nevis, I wanna see what you can dig up n make it real interesting

[@MarkPurcell]

Many years ago, RCCL's Rhapsody of the Seas got caught on a Caymanian reef. Afterwards, bars on the island named a drink "Rhapsody on the Rocks" to commemorate the incident.

[@montecristo5353]

Rhapsody Paquet French Cruise lines no longer exists. not Royal Caribbean cruise lines

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

It’s too bad so many countries tax have really high taxes. All those ‘free’ government services require heavy taxes. Of course companies and people will try to move their money where it’s safe from government taxes.

[@doctor3264]

20:43 there is a clip of snow

[@thegiftofgab345]

Caimans and Alligators in the wetlands?? They been gone for decades. And everyone has power and running water. Sir have u ever been here?!

[@A0A4ful]

Obviously not. He's reading off a script, prepared by a team...

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative episode about Cayman 🇰🇾 islands.

[@Thebuddman45]

I'm from the Cayman Islands 🇰🇾 😅

[@RichardBaran]

Gentle Caribbean? Uh have you seen the hurricanes that hit those places?

[@fathercay]

We have been very fortunate over the last 20 years. Since Ivan we’ve only had close calls, with the worst storms recently being Grace in 2021, Ian in 2022 and most recently, Beryl. All of which left very little damage

[@toddhall3389]

Wait isn’t that the guy from that one channel and that other channel and those 239,924 other channels.

[@Siberian_Nyt]

Edward Teach hid the One Piece in the grand Cayman?

[@CGB.]

Think you need to do more research buddy. You have alot of miss information here.

[@newjones1754]

7:00 Vikings for sure

[@motorphina]

Remember- the eye of a hurricane is calm. But if you happen to be wherever the northeast corner of the storm passes over (specifically - N.E. and close to the eye) THAT is the actual worst place to be, cause thats where the hurricanes keep their pet tornados. And i promise you, hurricanes can seriously suck, but even if you get lucky and that storm drops to a cat 1 before it hits you, it still have an army of tornados on the NE corner. So yeah. Aside from storm surge or flash flooding and stuff... theres hella tornados and they can litterally form at any point in a matter of seconds.

[@dislikecounter5191]

Went to grand cayman saw probably 400 iguanas in 2 hours

[@AreUmygrandson]

I did a helicopter tour over grand cayman. Allegedly flew over Morgan freeman’s house and also flew people petting the sting rays

[@ArnolCabrera-d9n]

Bill gates,serena williams, tom cruise,sylveter stallone, crown prince of Brunie you name it they have private vacation homes

[@AreUmygrandson]

@@ArnolCabrera-d9n you mean on Grand Cayman or just in general? Cause a lot of non famous people also have vacation homes

[@stuff___idontknow2610]

I imagine hawaii would be the next on the list once this place is done with

[@RockyMountains0721]

The Cayman Islands are also statistically the worst populated location in the world for tropical cyclones! You can expect to see hurricane conditions in the Cayman Islands about once every 2.5 years on average, and major hurricane conditions about once every 11 years on average. That's a higher average for tropical cyclones than any other populated place on the entire planet!

[@KaostheJug]

That's gotta be wrong because hurricanes pass by is All the time but rarely directly hit us, Central America, Florida, Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba have all been hit by more hurricanes this and pretty much every year out of the 40 years I've lived on Grand Cayman

[@annsmith4336]

The pictures you show Oak Grand Cayman are absolutely totally incorrect. Don’t have huge buildings as you depict. They are big enough, but not what you’re showing and the history you recall before the island was colonized from Jamaica is a load of rubbish as well.

[@guidetrack9151]

27:16 "financtial" sector?

[@korekiyuuamv766]

my grandpa owns an LLC in grand cayman…so yeah makes sense

[@Mrgunsngear]

🇺🇸

[@Max_bulk]

Simon knows 1hr of everything

[@flygirlfly]

Where the U.S. Congress does personal banking.

[@GrymeTyme]

I pops out to me ever time Simon says “Nicaragua”. Someone should tell him it’s not “Nicarag-iua”. There’s no e or i in the end of the word lol

[@austinmckinnon5574]

Why do all channels have different production styles?

[@rebeccaiop9061]

Because he can?

[@stancil83]

Sorry about my previous comment. This is more about the place and its people than what goes on there I guess. I thought this was decoding the unknown for some reason. Probably that title. My bad.

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

Exactly where I will happily take my money when I win the lottery!😂🎉

[@ambrosewanjohi4592]

Gachagua brought me here

[@jorgelotr3752]

11:55 if he was called "Henry", why does the portrait say "IUAN" (John)?

[@johndewitt2091]

they probably got him confused with john morgan of morgan and morgan. a pirate of sorts who will rob insurance companies blind for you if you get into a car accident or are injured at work

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Thanks for the Wilbur Ross reference. Most Americans still have no idea about the nefarious dealings of Trump's Commerce Secretary (+ onsite supervisor).

[@crhulsey56]

just how many channels does this guy have lol 20

[@comettamer]

I had no idea how deep the financial fuckery in the Caymans went. That's some very wild shit.

[@loroc00]

that side camera angle looks a bit strange

[@Crioten]

Starfishes want to go there

[@crazyeyez1502]

Because, dont all good stories involve pirates? #thg

[@nekot9274]

So, what about the Porsche Cayman?

[@A0A4ful]

An offshore LLC for the Deutsch corporation, perhaps?

[@KaostheJug]

😂😂😂

[@NationalTidende]

🎉🎉

[@doriandenard5846]

I'm in the Cayman Islands with a plate of salmon...

[@Phlegethon]

They still have this bald guy reading scripts for hire?

[@liquidminds]

Legend has it, if you point a camera on a table and place a script on it, simon will appear out of nothing and start reading the script.

[@jonyemm]

No. This bald guy is paying people to write scripts for him to read.

[@PlaneJaneCars]

did he say that tourism is 70% of the Cayman GDP?

[@tallman3913]

the pirate's flag is skull and bones not skull and swords

[@steves3651]

Sea Worms? What the heck is that? Other than the obvious name of them. I've never heard of them. Should do an episode on another channel just for them ;)

[@mj.ray0898]

News to me as well, but in the context it was used I'd assume it's like some kind of marine "termite" that eats away at wood. Or Dune worms, I dunno, I wasn't there

[@bodyloverz30]

Simon, what is a Godly amount of money?

[@hugoballroom5510]

Got to appreciate the thread of piracy that runs through the whole show.

[@demonorb8634]

I put lots of money into caimans... should have used a bank! 🐊

[@Torchmanz]

What is "scuber diving"? 😅

[@ConjureNoonSloth]

Just wait til you hear him talk about pastors… I’ll give you a hint, he literally just says “pasta” 😅

[@mikehersi4500]

Early as hell

[@fathertimegaming17]

I guess the only effect this useless comment has is that now two other people in the world know who you are and at least one of us realizes that you're a morooon.

[@davidpeterson5647]

Rather ironic that the closest sovereign nation to The Caymans happens to be Cuba, no?

[@KaostheJug]

And Jamaica

[@kukumalu255]

Was hoping for another good Simon channel, but this appears to be another monotone-voice sleep inducing ones like TIFO

[@PlaneJaneCars]

47:09 fact check

[@eddyr1041]

Related to 4th amendments agaisnt king queen royalty

[@Swm9445]

I ate a turtle in the yacht club on Grand Cayman.

[@normall9320]

jesus christ how many channels do you have

[@Hillbilly001]

9 that he hosts full time and 1 that he shares hosting duties. Another 3 that he did for years but no longer hosts plus another 3 that are "dead."

[@hochibamabinladenhusainefe8191]

@@Hillbilly001 yeah he has alot. one might assume all of the channels lol.

[@MrManBuzz]

Welcome to the Whistlerverse

[@Hillbilly001]

@@hochibamabinladenhusainefe8191 Allegedly. LOL!!! I've followed the Whistlerverse for years and I don't think I even got all of them. The question is how many does he own outright? And how many does he share ownership? I've never been able to get a definitive answer, but then again who cares? AM I RIGHT PETER!!!!! LOL!!!!

[@Hillbilly001]

@@MrManBuzz They'll probably sh*t their pants 30% of the time if they knew the answer. AM I RIGHT PETER!!!!!

[@KennethKlein-lc2mk]

No place for the poor but honest.

[@DennisSmithGrandCayman]

Thanks for the Documentary. Unfortunately, you didn’t concern yourself with its accuracy. Likely a case of never letting the truth ruin a good fiction.

[@duragjulie1182]

Watching from cayman lol….😂

[@loodiksa]

Did he just call Nassau "Na-saao"? 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ConjureNoonSloth]

British pronunciations really are a fucking bother sometimes. Becuase really, it’s just the wrong way to say the word 😂

[@livesoverlivelihood7047]

As a born Caymanian, a lot of this information is false. Do your own research!

[@wild13hawk]

Obama's critique of the number of businesses incorporated in the Caymans is ignorant alarmism. America itself has a number of states that offer incentives, for example Delaware.

[@AudricDyer]

Thanks for the analysis! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@kycallalily]

🇰🇾 345

[@cicichambers3887]

You ok Simon? Your arm Is bleeding

[@NatesRandomVideo]

I’ve been to Hell. 😂