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[quote=”Doug Ward”]Whatever you do do NOT come here with the thought of buying. I agree with the renting. Many say one year. I say permanently.[/quote]
How’s that Doug? Please elaborate on renting instead of buying. Benefits? Thanks
http://mises.org/daily/6599/Inflation-Shortages-and-Social-Democracy-in-Venezuela
I sure hope Costa Rica doesn’t follow in the footsteps of Maduro with an election of Villalta. These socialist termites can do a lot of harm to a nation. Look at Nicaragua and Venezuela with the link above. Once elected, these parasites are like a cancer. I wouldn’t wish Villalta on any country!
Ho ho ho! No doubt about Villalta being a commie Scott. I can understand the apprehension, specially after reading La Nacion today. So will it come to a choice between a “socialist” and Araya? 😯
[quote=”sweikert925″]My goodness you 2 are a gloomy pair.
Well I can’t predict the future any more than you can but I would like to point just a few things out.
The US has been in worse financial shape than we are now and survived.
The genius of capitalism is that uses the power of greed to fight the excesses of greed. I see no reason why that won’t continue to be true.
We have a huge budget problem but as recently as 12 years ago we had a balanced budget (remember?). We can do that again.
Between 1976 and 2000 federal revenue grew an average of 7.6% per year. If federal revenue had grown by only half that from 2000 onward we would currently have a balanced federal budget.
In that same 24 year span the federal government collected in taxes an average of 18.4% of GDP. Since 2009 the average federal revenue collected is 15.4%. We are NOT overtaxed.
In 2010 and 2011 the deficit peaked at $1.3 trillion. By 2015 the deficit is projected to be less than half that – $576 billion. (And that’s with the relatively weak growth that we’ve experienced in the past 3 years).
People are pretty resourceful and any problem created by humans can be solved by humans.
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/historicals%5B/quote%5D
I also wish I was more optimistic, but as has been stated, there’s just no way we can get out of a 17 to 18 trillion Dollar debt plus another 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and a quadrillion of derivatives. It can’t be repaired. Not by this administration and the Fed that owns it. They just keep printing those Dollars to no end. 😯
I had my suspicions about Villalta as sounding to good to be true. But then socialist pinkos never identify themselves, and a good example is Mr. Obama here in the states, as well as the Demopublicans.
I also feel your frustrations at governments that no matter who is in power are leading us to that eventual collapse.
I’m curious if you have been following a diputado named Oviedo, who recently I think was censured for speaking against a group of people. I’d really like your opinion.As you recall, I was born in Puerto Limon of an American father and a Tico mother, and have been living in Southern California since 1961; Orange County to be precise, and also qualify for C.R. citizenship, which I’m looking into right now.
As a matter of fact, my older sister also qualifies, and I’m trying to convince her to move to Costa Rica as her $4500.00 benefits from her ex-husband will be reduced to $2500.00 sometime next year.
My sister lives in the normalcy bias, which means that she is in for a rude awakening, if you know what I mean.
[quote=”orcas0606″]Maybe Infinito should sue Oscar Arias!!!!
[quote=”waggoner41″]It is one thing for individuals to pan for gold in the streams and rivers of Costa Rica and quite another to begin open-pit mining at the cost of the virgin forest.
The company clear cut a section of forest before permission had been decided and Costa Rica should be suing to have the forest restored to its original condition.[/quote][/quote]
Didn’t he win some kind of a prize? Peace prize I think, but so did Barry. Did his bank account grow as a consequence of his signing contracts with the mining operation? But then I’m getting cynical here. Hang me from the highest tree!
[quote=”Scott”]Infinito Gold, a Canadian mining company, just slapped Costa Rica with a $1 billion lawsuit simply because the country decided its rainforests were more important than an open-pit gold mine.
Lauded as one of the countries with the most beautiful rainforests, it’s no wonder Costa Rica rejected Infinito’s mine. Costa Rica’s rainforest is home to many endangered species such the green macaw. Gold mining also uses toxic chemicals such as cyanide, which often leaks into and pollutes nearby lakes and rivers.
A subsidiary of Infinito Gold has announced that a massive lawsuit is “imminent”, so we need to act now. If thousands of us stand together, we can show Infinito that countries such as Costa Rica should have the right to protect their rainforests without being persecuted by corporations.
Tell Infinito Gold that Costa Rica has a right to protect its rainforests, and to drop the aggressive $1 billion lawsuit.
Open-pit gold mining in Costa Rica would involve destroying 190 hectares of pristine forest. The rainforest provides habitat to 5 percent of the world’s species. With a burgeoning eco-tourism industry, and over 75 percent of the population opposed to mining, Costa Rica can’t afford to go ahead with the project.
Letting Infinito Gold proceed with the lawsuit without a fight would set a dangerous precedent. It would send a signal that corporations’ profits take priority over a country’s decision to protect its environment. In 2001, Infinito Gold locked Venezuela into a legal battle over a rejected mine and fortunately lost. We can achieve the same outcome. But we can only make this happen if we band together on Costa Rica’s right to protect its rainforests and demand that Infinito Gold drop the lawsuit.
[url=http://action.sumofus.org/a/mining-costarica/2/2/][size=200]Please sign the petition here.[/size][/url]
Stand up for Costa Rica’s rainforests – tell Infinito Gold to drop the $1 billion lawsuit now.[/quote]
Under who’s administration were the contracts signed Scott? While I sympathize with your point of view and that of Costa Rica, I wonder how other nations, in particular China and Holland are going to view these actions. Or will it matter to them? From what I read in La Nacion, there’s some opposition to the port expansions in Moin, which in my view would be beneficial to the province of Limon.
[quote=”costaricafinca”][i]”Probably a dumb question but why is boric acid in the spice section”[/i]? Answer is, ‘because we are in Costa Rica”!
To get rid of the tiny ants, stick to the boric acid and sugar mix, as it really works, but keep it out of the way from pets.[/quote]
Yes that’s right. 2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon boric acid
1 tablespoon water
soak liquid into 3 cotton balls
place outdoors-or indoorsCute? I don’t think so. I keep thinking of Mickey Mouse. But it doesn’t work for me Sweikert. Long time ago one of my uncles busted my bubble when he told me rats brought the plague to Europe, and that Mickey was a nancy boy! LOL
[quote=”Scott”][quote=”johnnyh”]I have looked at quite a number of properties on the web (houses)in Costa Rica, both on the Pacific as well as the Caribbean side. In talking to one of my Tico cousins down there, and referring him to the properties, he was flabbergasted by the pricing, and he mentioned that these are inflated gringo prices. Any truth to this? Any experiences?[/quote]
Your cousin is not correct, take a look at the dozens of real estate magazines, websites and the newspapers advertisements that focus on the local Tico buyers and NOT the Gringo or other expat buyers and you’ll see that they are not “inflated gringo prices.” Real estate prices in Costa Rica are not cheap…
Ask your “Tico cousins” to give you website links of developers who focus on the Tico market and you’ll soon find out that the average Tico family is having a [u]very tough time[/u] trying to find affordable homes …
I know a number of developers well… One Venezuelan developer tells me the exact same homes he builds here (and he’s built THOUSANDS) sell for twice the price here than they sell for in Venezuela…
[/quote]Thanks for the reply Scott. I can understand the prices in Venezuela, the way things are there, but is the labor so much more expensive in C.R.? Are things getting so much out of hand leading to a bubble? Considering that we are experiencing a worldwide “depression” and facing an American default, or most likely a devaluation of the Dollar which is door number two, it doesn’t look good. Que pasa cuando muchos gringos se vienen de vuelta para aca? I might be wrong.
I’m an American citizen born in C.R. I lived down there until I was ten years old. I also have been thinking about retiring down there within 2 to 3 years.
The news I hear, and I thought this was an exaggeration of relatives that visit C.R. and then come back here, is that crime is rampant. But when cousins that live there tell me the same thing, I begin to worry.
One particular cousin tells me that he doesn’t want to take out more than 100k Colones at a time from a bank branch due to hold ups! True, he lives in the suburbs of San Jose. I have no idea about how the crime situation is in the expat enclaves.
But when people tell you that you can’t go out at night, or even in daylight where you risk losing your camera or wristwatch, well then, again you begin to worry.
I might be way off, and perhaps Scott can correct me, but when I read the digital edition of La Nacion every day, and I read all the time about assaults and robberies, and even murders, it tells me that perhaps Costa Rican politicians better start to get real, because when there are no tourists, and hotel vacancies go down for the aforementioned reasons, and the word gets around fast… well need I say more.
Perhaps C.R. can adopt the zero tolerance laws of Singapore, and reinstate the death penalty.
Hi Carl:
I’m also from California, actually Tustin in the O.C. I will also be relocating to C.R within one or two years. Since I was born in Port Limon of an American dad and a Costa Rican mother, I can apply for, and what I understand is that I’m already a Costa Rican citizen. I just have to apply for a cedula and a Costa Rican passport.I know exactly what you are going thru, in that I wonder what the hell I’m doing in California.
There are quite a few American companies in C.R. of which Gensler Architects, Turner Construction, and I believe Emerson as well. Check them out, possibly in Google Costa Rica. Good luck!
It helps that I’m bilingual and to boot single, no wife, no kids. Just lucky I guess!Is this as a consequence of the world wide slowdown of the economy, or mostly foreign investment in Costa Rica?
Is this also due to foreigners pulling back due to the properties higher unrealistic gringo prices, and the bad rap Costa Rica is getting for its crime?
As you know Scott, I read La Nacion daily, and it’s scary how crime just keeps going up and up!Thanks for bringing me back to earth! I had a relapse of naivete, if you know what I mean. As you know Scott, I live in California and someday will retire in Costa Rica as I’m Tico on my mom’s side, and we here in the states can’t seem to get our act together, so how can I expect the same of Costa Rica. LOL big time! 😀
