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next of KIN comes to mind and my wife has all the instructions and legal paperwork on how to dispose of this carbon copy and SHE has her’s
we all seem to be “GOOD” at planning a wedding, birthday, marriage but fail “poorly” on planning the death of ourself
we tend to do more research when buying a $20,000 car or a $150,000 housemake a living WILL, it is one of the most important piece of paper that will execute everything after you are gone [b]FOREVER[/b]
Be aware that Tricare last until you are 65 and then “PUFF” it goes away and it does not matter if you move to CR, if your pension, SSA is from the USA you will pay Medicare in the USA and the Caja IN cr.
DOUBLE whammy???
welcome to the World of the “whacked” MATH
Senior citizens will get the double overcharge, want it or not
this thread was about Gun Laws and went all the way to a language, either bilingual or not
WELL
thank God my .38 cal still shoots .38 bullets and is not trilingual
and while still on this issue;
what is the difference between the .38 revolver and a .9mm automatic reagarding the prices for the rounds, is there good ammo sold there in CR and not cheap but affordable??
Thank You
very true David but I am retired from the Military and have Tricare PRIME
with a co-pay of
$12.00 for a Doctor or $12.00 for a Specialist and all for $33.00 a month
wife included
dog excluded
Take Care
Right!!
one reason is La Caja and 7% of your income requirement for residency
I could say it is cheaper flying for 3 months out of a year ($500.00) than paying 7% out of $2,500.00 a month ($2,100.00)
I don’t need 52 weeks in CR, 12 will do, being retired in 2 more years will allow me to visit other countries.
Take Care
I have elected not to become a resident and visit 89 days’ instead of living 365
OF course I qualify for a residency status if I wanted to
was just ready to answer this one;
I am married to a CR National
My oldest son was born in CR
I have a house in CR
and the 90 day rule applies to ME!!!
even if I got a blood transfusion at the Cima hospital from Laura, I still have to leave the country after 90 days’
I don’t go to Walmart either but on my last trip to CR my brother in law made me go.
Found a camisetta for the CR National Selection and at $70.00. I can buy a Spain one for $50.00 in the USA and they won the last World Cup.
Found better prices at bodegas and Pulperias around “La Guacimaya” right next to “Parque de la PAZ”.
But my brother in law stated “it is so convinient” to go to the Hipermas.
They steal their minds they loose their SOUL’s for pennies.
What a tragedy!!
YOU want to go to WalMart?? that is your choice and $$ but if I decide not to go it is because my choice, money and decision to keep that “BODEGAS, PULPERIAS” open to my likes and others.
Money is not the problem and WalMart has plenty of it but it comes with a HARD price for those cannot go there
Sam Walton; NEVER envisioned this
very good points David and John but there is a chink in your armuot
Home depot is bleeding money and so is Lowes the 2005-2006 revolution on flipping houses has foreclosed 1 in 6 houses in Florida, Nevada and California
and John; Bentonville is not the same as Tampa, FL where there is a 12% unemployment rate or Detroit where there was 1.5 million people living and the last census stated 750,00 and still shrinking
and not even 5% of the Wally workers enjoy the luxery of an SUV, maybe some of the stockholders
the downturn in this economy made Wal-Mart more powerfull and it was not Wal-Mart that made this weak economy
add, substract, divide and multiply are the basics of math
800 jobs added means 800 jobs do not exist in the local economy,since they have been absorbed from the workforce
PS: I have a son working for Wal-Mart and it ain’t pretty
are you sure!!! on your opinions???
Now, some facts: (figures are for 2008)
-The U.S. ships raw materials to China and then buys back finished products. To the tune of a $120 BILLION trade deficit (2008). One of China’s largest single customers is Wal-Mart. You would think that didn’t add to your countries financial woes?
Here’s how Wal-Mart effects the local economies of a small town/city:
-All advertising/banking for Wal-Mart is done out of Bentonville, Arkansas. Meaning that instead of a vibrant local economy in these industries a few people in Bentonville profit hugely (this is aside from what people already know…that many small retail outlets suffer when Wally moves into town)
-In the past manufacturers produced a range of products in various price ranges that they thought that retailers could sell to their customers. This was called the ‘push’ system of manufacturing.
-Wal-Mart has perfected the ‘pull’ system. They tell their manufacturers what to make…what they want to sell to you…and at what price point. It has been proven statistically that when Wal-Mart moves into an area, the choice to the consumer usually lessens.
-Wal-Mart has perfected the part time job position. In 2008 the full time wage for a Wal-Mart employee was under $10/hr. Thing is, full time at Wal-Mart is 32 hours. This allows them to legally offer fewer benefits. It also means that a Wal-Mart full time employee is making less than the accepted poverty line.
And guess what…less than a third of Wal-Mart employees are full time. So yes, they employ thousands of people. Of which a good few depend on local food banks to supplement their kitchen larders.
Yup…you can sing the praises of Wal-Mart all you wish.
But here’s the question that puts it all perspective…COULD YOU AFFORD TO WORK FOR THEM??
(I’m guessing not)if that APPLIES TO the USA then Costa Rica does not get 75% of the benefits of what I wrote
all major companies do this, they keep an ARMY of accountants, lawyers, lobbying people in their payroll for a department to pay no taxes
BUT!!!
they claim that all of their employes all 250,000 of them pay taxes
the irony is not misplaced
Walmart creates 800 new jobs in CR during 2011.!!!!!
WOW, 800 new jobs?? really
that is after they have decimated 1,000 jobs of the local bodegas, small and big stores
800 jobs have been transferred to WalMart, not created.
and by the way; the biggest employer in the USA until 10 years ago was the US Post Office now it is Wally World
I wonder why my wife’s family come to Florida and buy in the $3-6 thousand range of goods to ship to Costa Rica and that is from a can opener, laptop, plasma TV all the way to a car.
Factor in the price of the airplane ticket, expenses for 2 weeks and incidentals and explain to ME why they still come to the USA to spend that kind of money and they have been doing it every year for the last 10 years.
I will give you a HINT; just a pair of jeans will cost between $40 and $60 in CR and they can buy them over here for $20-30. Shoes, clothes, small home appliances, watches, electronic’s (Xbox control) is $100 in CR and $50 at Walmart.
Because; $3,000 spent in the USA will be the same as $6,000 in CR besides they get to enjoy a vacation.
Maybe we need to think like a TICO when it comes to buying??
The 15% tax increase will pass eventually and I find the comments from Pharg right on spot. CR is not inmune to the NARCO traffic that exists between Mexico and Colombia all of Central America is now involved “big time”. Drug interdiction in Puntarenas is on the rise.
The road congestion grows every day and the Auto EXPO just sold 5,000 cars in a week.
The corruption and mismanagement from the Govm. is just like in any other country.
The cost of living is not going down or stabilizing, it keeps going north.
What I find increadible to belive is that studies from outside agencies have told CR not to graduate anymore college individuals because there are “NO” jobs for them in the private or public arena and this is not a phenomenom that applies to CR. It is happening in the island of Puerto Rico where the unemployment is close to 22% and they are leaving in droves to the USA to the tune of 2,000 per month but these are highly educated people and they have no problem coming to the USA since they are citizens.
Lucky PR that has an escape valve but not the same for CR. (they are trapped).
Now look at Detroit which in 1980 had 2 plus million people in that city. The last census had them at 750,000.
Have I bashed CR enought, YES I have and the irony is that I will move to CR in 2 years. You might ask; WHY?? and it is because my wife is from that country and I will retire in 2 years.
You just have to pick your poison or your perfume carefully or be one of those 60% of expats that leave CR. after the first 2 years.
In 1975 I visited CR. for the first time when the exchange rate was 6 colones to a dollar and lived there for 2 years, since then I have gone there more han 100 times and seen the changes, the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY.
