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oh yea.. the Muslim king is a good choice god save the queen 🙂
[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”Vmc”]…but the process is more retarded than the Bozo in the White House.[/quote]
You’re a little out of the loop, apparently. GW Bush left office in 2009.[/quote]
traveling to cuba for Americans is illegal.. under the current law..
sweikert I dont expect you to ever make the trip until it becomes legal since your such a law abiding citizen..:)
I have traveled cuba from here costa rica about 27 times in the past 5 years as well as live there in 1999.
they do not stamp your passport.. because they understand.
you do take a risk as in all risks.. but then again.. as an american one cannot complete a normal week without breaking some kind of law in the U.S.
the odds ares slim to have any issues
they operate with 2 currency’s there.. a local as well as a tourist type of currency.
and the exchange is terrible.. your better off.. exchanging your fiat dollars and get euros.. then you can convert the euros once you are there..
great experience.. and I would recommend you visit before it becomes all Americanized.
if you want more info.. you can PM me off the public board as I will not share inside info with some of the people that visit this board
I will say this a friend of mine did travel to Cuba and even though they did not stamp his passport about 6 months later the state department sent him a notified letter about the violation and advised him not to travel to Cuba.. he almost pissed his trousers LOL but I think its more Americans that still live in the U.S. as opposed to living outside the country.. not sure
when in doubt you can always ask sweikert since he knows everything about everything :D:D:D:D:D
[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”Scott”]”[b]Tourist travel to Cuba is prohibited under U.S. law for U.S. citizens and others under U.S. jurisdiction.[/b]”[/quote]
The key word in that sentence is “tourist”. It is a loophole in US law that travel to Cuba by Americans for other purposes is in fact legal, and numerous travel tour companies offer travel packages for “cultural exchanges”. I was tempted to take one myself but they tend to be QUITE expensive and in a few years the whole silly American embargo thing will no doubt be lifted. My guess as to when: a few minutes after the remaining Castro brother no longer registers a pulse.[/quote][quote=”Vmc”][b]Can anyone shed some light on this? VISAs, and Airlines, etc…?
[/b][/quote]well as an american its still illegal to travel to the cuba. so no visa 🙂 what you do is buy a ticket and they will not stamp your passport
how do I know this.. I have traveled and even rented an apartment for 1 year in havana.. great experience..
Ticos are ok although I am not sure how this works
When a country has to penalize citizens from leaving instead of finding ways to find out why they are leaving.. then you know it is time to leave. Part of the issue is that it is not 2000 that gave up US citizenship in 2013 it was more than 50,000 only the 2,000 counted had net worth of over 653K and had to pay a monster exit tax. Germany just before WW2 charged Jews 90% tax on current wealth and estimated earnings had they stated 1 more year. USA is headed in this direction… in past 5 years we have gone from $0.00 to $453 and now to over 2K plus the amount of exit tax has increased along the way. Literally NO other country in modern times has this amount of exit tax except the USA and Germany back in the late 1930’s.. Recall USA for the past 100 years was the place everyone wanted to live… amazing how quickly things change
does anyone know how much it cost to renounce costa rican citizenship.. just curious 🙂
[quote=”Scott”]I am very grateful for David Murray’s contribution over the years but this forum is made up of more than one person and as usual with Forums, there are a LOT more people watching and learning than there are actually participating in the Discussions.
[/quote]I can attest to that in fact from my experience the ratio to people posting and lurking is as high as a few hundred to one.
what has your experience been with the amount of active members on the forum that lurk as opposed to posting??
Sweikert
like much of your misinformed rhetoric..
you are incorrect again
it was I NOT Victoria that lobbied in your path lol
🙂
[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”davidd”]it’s people like sweikert with the same mentality that are in these positions.[/quote]
Why Victoria, it’s been MONTHS since you lobbed an insult in my direction! I was beginning to think you no longer cared LOL[/quote][quote=”VictoriaLST”]If you renounce, can you still visit the US as a tourist or to see family?
[/quote]Victoria
simple answer is “NO” although you can try and get a visa.. but i would seriously doubt any of the worker bee’s in positions that would grant a visa
remember.. it’s people like sweikert with the same mentality that are in these positions..
sweikert925
you would be right except imxploring took the leap and is an actual person living here in Costa Rica while you still are in that tourist mode.
why do yu feel the need to agitate discussions??
this discussion had nothing to do with you and is relevant to topic
while your point has nothing to do except fuel that mental masturbation that you enjoy so much.
here is something you may enjoy.. Tim Ferris recent challenge
http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/07/30/nobnom-no-booze-no-masturbating/
[quote=”sweikert925″]Yes, of course, silly me. Posting endless whining messages about taxes on this obscure message board is EXACTLY like what occurred in 1776 and will no doubt have an immediate effect on …. well, I’m not sure what exactly.
Did you all know that every time imxploring posts yet another gripe about taxes an IRS agent earns his wings? LOL
(At least that’s the only theory I have at present as to why he continues to do that).[/quote]
Only time will reveal to what extent these incompetents will go after money.
here is one observation.
they are becoming much more aggressive as well in collections.
[quote=”Imxploring”][quote=”Scott”]FYI – As a matter of policy ‘orphan posts’ are deleted after a week…
Like most governments, our government here is totally incompetent and dysfunctional – they will never take responsibility for the disgustingly bloated mess that they are with their obscene salaries and even more obscene pensions – and we should all expect that they will continue to try and suck more money out of our pockets rather than look at their miserable performance, expenses and mistakes…
PS. The article referred to is: [url=https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/4867.cfm]Costa Rica Rental Property Owners – Beware![/url]
PPS. You are welcome to contact Costa Rica tax expert Randall Zamora for a free copy of his Costa Rica Top Ten Tax Tips, please contact him at:
Full Name Randall: Zamora Hidalgo
Business Title: Founder & President
Company Name: CostaRicaABC.com
Address: Heredia, Costa Rica
Website Address: http://www.CostaRicaABC.com
Email address: welovecr@costaricaabc.com
Telephone numbers: +506 2263-7344[/quote]Great information! Randall has always provided honest, important, and future thinking information here!
The big question then becomes….to what length will the folks in CR go in order to identify rental properties… and once they do… what efforts and lengths will they go to in order to extract money from you?
There was an interesting article in today’s AMCOSTARICA dealing with CAJA assessments. I love this one line… really sums up the way governments operate these days….
“Monthly rates can vary widely depending on how much money CAJA workers think applicants have.”
If that don’t make it clear and simple on the direction things are headed I don’t know what will!
Still love Costa Rica…. just learning how to navigate the waters and fly well below the radar! LOL[/quote]
Is there any truth to this??
again I have no stake in either side.. I am just trying to get a 3 dimensional view and come to a conclusion here..
have to agree with this statment
geeezz.. just look at this accumulation..
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/706025967449751-federal-debt-7t-under-obama
pretty amazing actually
[quote=”sprite”]Right now, those of us living in the States are insulated from the most damaging ravages of the violence of empire. But the tools of empire always come home to roost and are always unleashed eventually upon the homeland citizens.There is already ample evidence of a building police state in the US as our police receive training from the Israelis on civilian population control. Costa Rica is looking more and more like a refuge from the coming violence.
[/quote]Sprite
this is why its very difficult if not impossible to engage in these types of discussions.. there is no detachment at all..
here is something I found today that gives an opposing argument
don’t know if this is true or not.. or even if truth inevitably depends on your vantage point.
Sprite
Moral is a word that is very ambiguous..
in order to use that word effectively.. one must have parameters..
lets say the value of [b]LIFE[/b] itself.. this is a good starting point
and if we used this.. then both sides are wrong.. but some people define moral in many different ways would you not agree???
[b]
I just don’t understand why Israel was given a land that did not originally belong to them.. [/b]Originally before the U.N there was British involvement.. then the U.S. as well as the U.N. in 1947
using the U.N.
there was no VOTE
when Nicaragua lost Guanacaste to Costa Rica .. I belief it was left to a VOTE..
I would think Nica would not have been so accepting if the U.N or the United States of America came in and just gave it to Costa Rica..
has to be more to this story..
Your also correct regarding mainstream media.. but at some point in todays information.. once needs to want to search for the truth.. and the truth shall reveal itself.. not by watching TV.. mainstream media..
[quote=”sprite”]There may be two sides to this issue, but only one side has a moral advantage. If you think there are two sides to consider, please post valid images from the Zionist side of the Zionist wall of hundreds of slain Jewish children similar to the images of slain Palestinian children.
Sweikert has suffered a severe degree of mind control and his opinion is valuable only in the context of observing the degree of propaganda influence on US citizens. In this case, US media portrays the Zionists as brave defenders against terrorism but they cannot ignore the completely one sided nature of this aggression so they blame the victims to mitigate the horrific images of this outrageous crime.
[/quote]
Sprite
I am looking for various points of views.. this video reflects 1 point of view.. as I am sure the other side has similar emotion blood boiling pics as well
I am trying to understand this whole thing..
I do understand the U.S. involvement because of influence.. which is typical getting involved in everyone business..
Sweikert was correct with all sides being at fault for this brutality.. as well as the examples he gave.
how this is still tolerated is beyond me
[quote=”sprite”]Israel is governed by sociopaths who have named themselves “Zionists” and the brutal elitist program for domination being imposed on the imprisoned population in Gaza is funded by US income tax payers.
Next time you bend over and prepare for your yearly “voluntary” IRS reaming, keep in mind that you are being forced to contribute to the creation of the following scenes;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ktRkW0yiEIf this stuff doesn’t make your blood boil, then your mind, your being and your spirit have been polluted and co-opted into the Zionist insanity.[/quote]
I have been delving into this subject recently and I ask if anyone has any references that counter the points of views I am finding
is the country Palestine indeed an occupied country??? I am not understanding this.. from what I am finding.. Israelis migrated to this country over the course of time…
at some point Zionists decided this would be exclusive Jewish country.. and 1947 the U.N. partitioned the country accordingly.. but more so in the favor of Israelis
I am finding the word ethnic cleansing being used to often with regard to Palestinians..
is any of this correct??
can someone point me to a parallel opposing views so I can read up on this..
I am a perfect candidate to study this because I have no skin in the game whatsoever.. on either sides..
Scott… can you reference an similar example in history that is similar to this to get a wider understanding
I ask you because you have studied this for many years..
thanks
[quote=”bogino”][quote=”pdsnickles”] is so American corporations can continue to profit from oil.[/quote]
The reason corporations profit from oil is because the [b]DEMAND[/b] from consumers is there. All the American people need to do is get off their [b]big rounded behinds[/b] and [b]ride a bike[/b] or [b]walk more often[/b] and you begin to destroy demand. Once you do that you gradually eliminate any reliance on the Middle East and all the problems that region brings to the globe. I won’t hold my breath waiting for that to occur though.[/quote]
