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[quote=”Imxploring”][quote=”johnnyh”]Recently Costa Rica’s president Solis went to Washington District of Corruption to receive his marching orders, but I’m wondering if he is being a realist specially as China seems to be the growing economic star. I came upon an interesting article some may find illuminating.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-16/us-vs-china-study-opposites
Needless to say, I was quite impressed by President Solis and his fluent English, which by the way tells me he was educated in the USSA, and would be prone to play by the latter countrie’s rules and accept its inflation. Any thoughts?[/quote]
The old saying “Money talks and B.S. walks” is the new policy in CR…. and the Chinese are throwing an awful lot around… but they’re slick… It’s not walking around money that the politicians can pocket… It’s “in-kind” cash… a stadium bit by Chinese workers… police cars built in Chinese factories… New Dock facilities, New refineries, and other public works projects and promises that will be done by Chinese companies using Chinese materials, management, and most likely workers. By the time that the challenged leadership in CR realizes what’s going on they’ll be so deep they’ll have no way out.
Don’t be fooled by Solis… he’s as big a fool as Don Oscar and Laura… he’s playing with a snake… and at some point you always suffer the bite!
China doesn’t want conquests… it wants consumers… and by merging its foreign policy with it’s economic policy of world expansion it has the US beat hands down!
The country is being flooded with cheap Chinese goods and products. The same crap that has killed the US markets and created the trade imbalances. China needs to keep their people working and they need consumers. Even the “trade” deals that have been announced between China and CR have been a joke.
The Chinese have a ton of cash reserves to spend… so finding friends while keeping those fangs hidden should work very well with the current gang running CR and most of Central and South America.[/quote]
I guess things change so that they will remain the same. Costa Rica has exchanged the USSA for China. I hope Costa Rica gets a better deal, notwithstanding my cynical views.
Well, it’s about time that we normalized relations with Cuba. Even though I’m no friend of socialist-communist regimes, I have to admire Cuba and Fidel for sticking it to the United States and its termites in Washington D.C. But if the U.S. thinks that it can go back to the pre-Castro doing business as usual routine, then it’s in for a rude shock. It will be an interesting situation knowing that the average Cuban makes $20.00 a month, and what American businesses will outsource to Cuba, furthering more U.S. job losses. Of particular interest will also be real estate in the beach areas of Cuba, which will put pressure on Costa Rica’s overpriced Guanacaste and Puntarenas locations. Cuba as we know, is an island, with absolutely gorgeous beaches. Will one be able to buy a house in Cuba with a beach view or on the beach for $50-$75,000.00? And just 90 miles away from Florida! I bet you a lot of mouths are watering.:P
Where is Costa Rica going to get the money when it can’t even come up with the moolah to paint the demarcation lines on the highways? I would think that before they build another airport to bring in more tourism, they should prioritize with the completion of the Moin port facilities and the 4 lane highway to Port Limon.
Hi Scott. I find myself a lonely voice with this promotional video in that it’s way too sugary and cute, and it’s turning my stomach. As usual these days, the lack of creativity of applying older well known songs to commercials by advertising agencies and the overdone computer manipulation is overwhelming. I wish a more aggressive campaign had been chosen, but again, I’m probably of a minority opinion.
American citizen’s were required to turn in their gold coins, with the exception of numismatic coins to the government. This was done under the FDR administration. You can look it up on the internet. I’m sure there were quite a few American’s that did not do it.
You are right that American citizens can own gold and silver since the mid 1980’s.We have known for a long time that debasing a currency leads to economic collapse. That is exactly what the U.S. and Costa Rica have done.
But you can believe whatever you want Sweikert, specially your discredited Keynesianism that has brought the world to our current mess.
In any event, I’m interested in what other readers might want to say,but I do know that in reading your replies to other posters, if one says the world is round, your reply is that it is flat. All I know is that please, pretty please, do not retire in Costa Rica, as I’m looking forward to retiring there soon.I have a Bhudist niece that just married a Tico boy. She’s in her early 40’s and he is in his late 20’s. Prior to this latest marriage she was married to a young man from Shri Lanka, also a Bhudist. She thought he was too much of a momma’s boy. Does history repeat itself? So much for wisdom!
All governments seem to be scrambling to see how much money they can wring out of their citizens. They are doing all the wrong things that did not work in the past, and won’t work in the present. As someone else pointed out, instead of cutting back on government, they are making the mistake of enlarging it in the hope of creating jobs. Government jobs. I have given up on my government here in the United States and it won’t be any different in Costa Rica. But for the time being, the Dollar seems to go a little bit further in Costa Rica.
I’ll go even further than Imxploring in saying the only difference in corruption between the United States and C.R. is that here in the U.S. there’s more money to go around, so corruption is not felt like in Costa Rica. There’s nothing new here in the U.S. as there’s corruption all the way from the White House to small local government.
The business of both countries is to grow the spending.
Promises are never kept until the day of reckoning arrives, and then there’s a reset. The reset is just around the corner. Besides, if a government is too efficient, they will begin by even taxing the air you breath!Yes I did see the 48 premiere. Not only did I see it but recorded it to show one of my aunts.
I have tried to be objective in my view, and of course one could say that there are women who kill, specially when there’s so much money involved. Nevertheless, you are swayed by the tears, which could be an act, of course.
There’s also the cane which she used for effect.
Now, looking at the case from a cynical view that she, or an accomplice did it, is that she made a fatal mistake in the execution of the murder, and that is she made it too complicated.
Like the prosecutor said, and if I was to commit suicide with a gun, I would put it in my mouth pointing upward, or I would aim it at my temple. From that viewpoint I’m not buying what she is selling.
She was given 22 years, and if I know Costa Rica law, I’m sure she will get off in 4 to 5 years. There’s also an appeal coming, so this is far from over.
[quote=”discuss”]Thank you John! Just for me to understand: is this said 1/2 tongue in cheek, or is that your real assessment of the situation?
I don’t think CR is dangerous, otherwise we would not consider it. We wrote Ecuador off because it is dangerous. But, like everywhere else (LA, NYC, London, etc.) there are areas and property types which are safer, and some which are at risk.
Thanks![/quote]
No, I’m serious. I have family in C.R. from my mother’s side, and one particular cousin who has a business that imports various beauty products of which Slendertone is one, has told me he doesn’t like to take more than $200.00 at a time from the bank for fear of being mugged.
You have to use common sense. There are people that would love to liberate your money and articles from rich foreigners, we are all rich. Use common senseMost houses in the good neighborhoods in San Jose like Los Yoses, Rohrmosser, Escazu are built like fortresses.
Get a well trained German shepherd, trained not to eat food from strangers. And a 9MM pistol, or shotgun.
It also helps if you have a live in maid or caretaker. There are also neighborhood guards that are paid by the people directly. Sorry to say, but as the economy deteriorates and more workers from Nicaragua invade C.R. things will get worse. Still, I’m planning on retiring in Costa Rica with 2 German shepherds. I should get 4 for each corner! LOL[quote=”colleen.1″][quote=”davidd”]a little extreme but to each his own 🙂
All one has to say to such callers is ” you are invading my privacy and thats an offense and if you continue I will be forced to report you to the relevant authorities”. Trust me it stops them in their tracks. Well certainly in the USA.[quote=”johnnyh”]I can understand your frustration. I still live in Southern California and I get calls on my land line from an outfit called “Cardholder Services” that at first called me once a week and now it’s almost daily. I don’t have caller ID on my land line, as I think caller ID is a scam from the telephone companies, but I do have it free on my Sprint cell phone. I think it’s a scam from the telephone companies because you have to pay for it, and most of the calls were private or the numbers were not shown from the caller.
Anyways, check cardholders services on the web and you’ll see what I mean. So now when they call I play along or even call them “hijos de p*t* if they have a latin accent or I use the “n” word when I notice an ethnic gal. I have asked them to remove me from their call list but since they use what is called “robo calls” I still get the calls. It’s interesting because they can’t get a word edgewise by me, they get a lung full from me! I’m bilingual, so I can use the filthiest of both Spanish and English curse words. I think I’m almost to the point of enjoying their calls. LOL! One black chick responded by saying I was a redneck and I said that might be, but you’re still a “n r.”[/quote][/quote][/quote]No, you don’t understand. I have already tried that. These are what is called robo-calls and they completely ignore you. Go to cardholders services in Google and you will see that the FCC is already after them. These weasels don’t respect anything and the telephone companies are complicit in their enterprise because the latter makes money. Robo calls are generated by computer and target all telephones in the U.S. and once your number lands on their computer they will call again and again. Its a classic steam room operation.
I can understand your frustration. I still live in Southern California and I get calls on my land line from an outfit called “Cardholder Services” that at first called me once a week and now it’s almost daily. I don’t have caller ID on my land line, as I think caller ID is a scam from the telephone companies, but I do have it free on my Sprint cell phone. I think it’s a scam from the telephone companies because you have to pay for it, and most of the calls were private or the numbers were not shown from the caller.
Anyways, check cardholders services on the web and you’ll see what I mean. So now when they call I play along or even call them “hijos de p*t* if they have a latin accent or I use the “n” word when I notice an ethnic gal. I have asked them to remove me from their call list but since they use what is called “robo calls” I still get the calls. It’s interesting because they can’t get a word edgewise by me, they get a lung full from me! I’m bilingual, so I can use the filthiest of both Spanish and English curse words. I think I’m almost to the point of enjoying their calls. LOL! One black chick responded by saying I was a redneck and I said that might be, but you’re still a “n r.”Thanks Scott! Something is definitely wrong in the modern world of banksterism. Why, this alone should raise red flags for those folks that have their heads under the surface. It is a basic fact that the only reason one would have a savings account, is to get some return on your money. Duh, that would be some interest. LOL! Things seem to be improving so much these days, eh?
