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[quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”maravilla”]but you are going to take advantage of the Obamacare we have here in Costa Rica when if you ever get residency?????? and i suppose you think it’s okay that America is the only first world nation that has NO health plan for its citizens and that 50,000,000 are uninsured and to get even basic coverage for two people, not even a big family, costs upward of $500 a month and that’s if you’re healthy!!! it’s truly scandalous. and of course, if you aren’t living in country and paying taxes, why SHOULD you be entitled to healthcare in that country? people can’t have it both ways. they move here because they want the same life they had up there for half the cost, but they still want a toe-hold in those countries just in case they get sick? sheesh.[/quote]
Once we got to Costa Rica and found out that we could get into Caja we found out how bad we’ve really had it in the States.
The idiots who complain about “Obamacare” don’t realize that every major piece of legislation that has been passed by congress has been amended to correct it’s ills. When all is said and done “Obamacare” will be a boon to everyone.
Medicare is, and always has been, a joke and everything that has been added to it has been a boondoggle just like Bush’s Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act legislation.
The problem that I see with the Caja is that no one pays what it is worth.
Just have a medical emergency and have to be transported to one of the Caja hospitals and you will find out what I mean.
I am totally happy with “Obamacare” in Costa Rica.
[/quote]Isn’t Medicare a major piece of legislation?
You have to be living under a rock to believe what youre saying. Forget the poorly thought out plan, the deception played on the US public, What about the trial lawyers, Give Me a break!!
Costa Rica is not the US and what may work for them will never work for the US. How you can compare apples and oranges and twist the facts is amazing.
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and look a fool, than to open it and affirm the fact” MARK TWAIN
[quote=”DavidCMurray”][quote=”jmcbuilder”]I think that you can find smaller bridge loans, say $40,000 and possibly less. [/quote]
Uh, lemme see if I can make this clear . . . If a $40k loan would bridge a used mobile home, I’d be in the gerbil cage market. If I had $40,000, I’d think I had died and gone to heaven (and we all know the likelihood of that happening).[/quote]
Gerbils. hahaha The bank is still a great deal.
[quote=”maxdevil”]I want to drive from Los Angeles to Costa Rica at the end of May, beginning of June 2013. I want to bring my vehicle and my dogs to Costa Rica. A friend of mine who is Spanish speaking will do the trip with me, along with a caravan of people traveling from Los Angeles to the various countries located between the USA and Costa Rica. Central-American families (now living in California) going back “home” to visit their families during summer vacations. Has anyone done that in the past? If so, can you comment on this plan? Maxine de Villefranche[/quote]
I knew someone that drove all over Central America. They loved the trip. After they told me of the fun I bought a jeep about five years ago for just that purpose. With all the trouble in Mexico I think you would be crazy to attempt the trip today. These cartel people are true predators and you would have a huge target on your back. I have friends that went to Mexico to visit family and had their children stolen never to return. That should be enough warning.
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]The only bridge loan I could float would be if someone were upgrading their dog house. We’re not talking a whole lot of money here.
Where can you get 8.25% after tax? I’m guessing it’s a Costa Rican financial institution, right? Davivienda’s 8.5% is after Costa Rican taxes are withheld, too.
The service platform guy at Davivienda told me that if we could pull together a larger amount (say $200,000US), they could up the rate. And it wouldn’t have to be all from the same investor. That is, a group could make their deposits at the same time while maintaining their independence.
[/quote]Yes, The 8.25% was at a Costa Rican bank.
I think that you can find smaller bridge loans, say $40,000 and possibly less. You need to find a lawyer that handles these loans. It depends on your risk appetite, but I have good information from very close friends that the process is simple and not much trouble. Some homework is required and all the due diligence should be followed. The rewards are great however and I’m personally liquidating some US assets to do just this.[quote=”DavidCMurray”]We’re about to jump into a CD denominated in colones at around 8.5% for a year. I’ve heard that there’s a cooperative in San Ramon paying 12.5% but I have no personal knowledge of that.
[/quote]David, I have a number of friends making 15% plus with bridge loans. These guys have been doing this for years with great success. Also, one of my friends just opened a 6 month CD that is paying 8.25% after tax.
I agree 100% with you KWhite. I would ask you and David to please google Agenda 21. 1992 UN Conference on environment and Development. Look at Wikipedia description. Pay close attention to the US section. This will make the hair on your backside stand strait out!!!! George Bush signed this agreement!!!! You can’t make this crap up. Think about how far this has evolved in the last 20 years. Look at the players named. Think about the implications on currencies and the current currency war that is ongoing. This is no joke. If you have read even the small Wikipedia description of agenda 21, must put you into a very small group of people that have even taken the time to have some insight into the globalist agenda.
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]”. . . the government knowing the masses are armed gives them reason to think before acting.” makes absolutely ironclad perfect sense.
If the government knows that somebody is, in fact, armed, they’ll think very carefully before acting. And when they do, they’ll act with overwhelming force.
The government learned the hard way that the Branch Davidians at Waco were armed to the teeth, so when they undertook the final resolution, they came with insurmountable force, as they would do in your neighborhood or mine.
Sorry about stepping on your comments. I didn’t know how to fix the problem.
You are correct a small number against the government would not work well for you. I’m thinking in the terms of the founding fathers. Suppose the US economy tanked and riots broke out so the government moves to relocate huge numbers of its citizens to fema camps or just feels they wish to get rid of the useless eaters, now there is a force not so easily defeated and lets take it further what if the police and military were ordered to shoot thousands or millions of its citizens. There is a good chance the military would not follow an unlawful order, so now the government calls their pals the Chinese to help put down the rebellion. Think in terms of a world order (Globalism at its finest) Now wouldn’t you wish that the masses be armed. That’s way out there but you or I don’t know what the future will bring and because we don’t have the problem today, what about 100 years or more Why loose the rights the founding fathers put in place for our protection.
[quote=”kwhite1″][quote=”DavidCMurray”]”Better safe than sorry”, eh? I can live with that, but if you think you can hold off any number of bad guys (the unprepared masses, the BATF, the FBI, or the Chinese) for any length of time, I’m afraid you’re deluding yourself.
[/quote]So are you saying that there is a possibility that I may have to attempt to hold off masses, BATF, FBI or the Chinese?
Singularly, very difficult I agree, but as a community, possible. They still would win eventunally, starve you out, but possibly make difficult enough they move on to a less disruptive target.
Question, what lengths would you go to protect your family? Anything less than everything possible is not in my personal vocabulary. David, when the chips are down, you want me on your side, and I want to be surrounded by people like me. This country was founded by people just like that, history repeats itself, time and time again.[/quote]
Just the bad guys knowing you will defend yourself has merit. I don’t worry about having someone break into my house, they need to worry for their safety should they try and have even less worry for the government assaulting me in my home but the government knowing the masses are armed gives them reason to think before acting.
How about the revolutionary war. In small numbers fighting the government seems a true uphill battle, sounds like an argument for having more firepower rather than less.
By the way, I just saw Gerald Celente on tv. If anyone is interested, I believe he has a fantastic grasp on currencies,metals and future trends. He is the publisher of Trends Journal and worth the read.
David makes points that would be hard to argue with. The US has been vilifying China my entire life. China has also supported our enemies around the world so they also earned some of their reputation. I find it funny that talk of China manipulating its currency as a bad thing coming from the biggest manipulators of them all. How about gun control. How many high ranking politicians have spoke of hunters not needing assault weapons, it has nothing to do with hunting. Guns are to defend us from our own government and foreign enemies. Without guns there would be nothing to keep the government off the backs of its citizens. We may not need these protections today but do we deprive future generations of that ability with a short sighted viewpoint today. 49% murders in US were from hand guns, 2.5% were from assault weapons including all rifles, 4% were from clubs and hammers. Whats the real story? Could it be an attempt to take more of our rights away. I wounder what caused the other 44.5% of murders in the US?
The last ten trips to Costa Rica, I have never been asked for anything other than a valid passport. Last trip was last month. Have a good trip.:D
With the Aguinaldo does that also include paying into Costa Rica’s pension an additional 13th payment?
I would add. The game at present is fiat currency, so we all play. Living well is what we should direct are efforts toward. It would be nice if our past efforts could somehow provide security in the future.
I’m not sure anything would be different. The game is rigged and even if you were in the right how you could prevail is uncertain. I have never been an advocate of metals either. The government would just take your gold, like was done in the past. If the world came apart and gold had some value (something I don’t subscribe to)The governments of the world would just steal it under the guise of national security or something like that. My problem is that I believe the dollar has been intentionally undermined in an attempt to further the globalist agenda. Costa Rica will follow just like the rest of the world.
