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I received an article which pointed out that the MF Global failure may have been a hit done by the Powers That Be in order to shake loose commodity speculators who kept pumping up the price of gold and silver. The Fed has an interest in seeing precious metal prices suppressed. Firstly, one of the Fed banks, Chase Bank, has a huge short position on silver and, secondly, the dollar’s inherent lack of value is brought to public light as silver and gold keep rising to what their prices should be. Thirdly, there simply may not be any gold to pay out to these speculators, many of whom were going to take delivery of physical gold at the end of the year.
Gerald Celente, one of the people who had his segregated account raided by these bankers, is predicting that we will see a bank holiday shortly after the first of the year. He is advising everyone to remove all cash from banks and 401K accounts and leave only operating capital in the accounts. Yeah, this is big. And anyone who is pooh poohing this as inconsequential may be in for a nasty awakening soon.
It seems odd to me that construction costs in Costa Rica would be near to what the cost is in the Miami Florida area where I live now.
A residence (above average quality tract home)one story, CBS construction about 1600 sq ft is in the $110 to $132 per square foot range in Miami. I am not doubting what I am reading here about CR costs. I am just curious as to why there would NOT be lower costs in Costa Rica given the much cheaper labor.
Others have posted here that they spent recently between $65 and $85 per square foot and I believe Scott posted the construction costs for his cabin which seem to be within that range.
[quote=”AndrewInCR”]$110 in Grecia eh? Hmmm..seems high by San Ramon standards for quality construction, including extras…..[/quote]
San Ramon is where my property is located and I also have heard estimated construction costs in the San Ramon area would be much less than $110 per square foot.
I understand we are talking about average costs and I assume we are all on the same page as far as level of quality of house design and construction. That leaves topography and demographics as the only differences between those two communities. From what I have seen, there is not too much difference in topography so that leaves demographics. It is my impression that there are many more expats in Grecia than San Ramon. That is the feel I get when I visit. Is this a possible reason for possible cost differences? And I wonder if this is changing as we speak.
[quote=”agarcia”][quote=”sprite”]I follow my advice where it applies to my unique circumstances. As difficult as it is to get off the grid, to escape the reservation, I believe it will be more difficult to stay,
There are ways to drop off the radar and to stop participating with system while still being able to survive….so far.
Timing my exit is the tricky part because I have obligations in the States which I feel morally obliged to meet. Those obligations end soon.
As far as how I intend to relate to my new Tico neighbors, wealth disparity between us will not be evident to the extent that I can help it. This is essential because I will be living amongst them as part of the community.[/quote]
You are contradicting yourself from your previous post. You were pointing out the best course of action for people, but you haven’t even made those moves yourself nor even contemplated how you could function in society without cash, bank accounts and only precious metals. I think you have a romanticized notion of what it would be like to live here amongst the locals. You will still be seen as a foreigner and your bank account or stack of gold ingots will set you apart whether you hide it or not. There exists much discrimination and xenophobia in Costa Rica which can be fairly subtle. You clearly hate where you live and have probably worked yourself into a mental corner where your only option is Costa Rica. If you eventually move here, I think your perceptions of life here will be far from reality and you’ll end up hating it here as well. Costa Rica will not be the panacea to all your hang-ups. Just some words of advice from a long-time resident of Costa Rica.[/quote]
Thank you for your advice but it really is not needed. I am not naive as to the drawbacks of living in Costa Rica. I am also not without experience in living abroad. I am a fluid Spanish speaker and well versed in rural Latin life style. I have woken up to the roosters crowing and the aroma of Cuban coffee many, many times over the decades in Cuba and Puerto Rico. I am also pretty honest with myself regarding my limitations. I will do quite well in Costa Rica.
Of course, I will be seen as a foreigner. So what? I have yet to experience any bigotry in CR. I haven’t even experienced any in Miami, which is nearly as Latin as any place on earth. Like crime and personal assaults, I suspect many times, it is the victim’s behavior and attitudes which invite bigotry.
[quote=”DavidCMurray”][quote=”sprite”]
David, I suppose if you don’t believe silver coins are good for money in a fiat currency crash, you could pay your hospital bill with chickens. There would be a lot of feathers and pooh to clean up at the payment window though.[/quote]
I’m not a disbeliever in silver coins. I just wonder how this will work in practical application. Suppose, for example, you bring a U.S. Silver Eagle* to your local pulpuria. How much will it buy in colon-expressed terms? Who will decide? And what will you accept in change if it’s worth more than your purchase?
*$1.00US face value; silver content value unknown and variable; numismatic value similarly unknown and variable. Remember, this is Costa Rica we’re talking about.[/quote]I have never lived through a currency devaluation/crash. I believe we all are about to, though, and I guess we will find out the answer to our questions.
I have no idea how things are worked out in such dire situations. However, if money is nothing more than convenient barter chits, and all confidence in fiat paper currency is lost, then silver and gold will probably be looked upon as the best barter chit available. This has been the case for the last 6000 years regarding silver and gold and people always manage to work these things out.
Every single fiat currency in history has crashed to zero value. This is a fact. No fiaty currencyu in history has survived the conditions it created. The average life span of a fiat currency is 28 years. The US dollar became fiat in 1968…more than 40 years ago. Do you think that maybe we are due for a crash now?
It is a valid question. What will YOU use when paper is no longer accepted? I am betting on silver eagles and similar coins. I am less concerned with whether or not the full silver content will be honored as long at it is honored for some content.So I only get two gallons of gas instead of three for my silver eagle. So what? The paper gets me no gas at all.
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David, I suppose if you don’t believe silver coins are good for money in a fiat currency crash, you could pay your hospital bill with chickens. There would be a lot of feathers and pooh to clean up at the payment window though.
[quote=”kimball”]I was thinking more on the lines of beer pong and a couple strippers. : 😆
As far as the wall street stuff goes… The best way to get back at them is quit putting your money in the bank. :idea:[/quote]
I can’t believe I am agreeing with kimball on this last statement of his.
I follow my advice where it applies to my unique circumstances. As difficult as it is to get off the grid, to escape the reservation, I believe it will be more difficult to stay,
There are ways to drop off the radar and to stop participating with system while still being able to survive….so far.
Timing my exit is the tricky part because I have obligations in the States which I feel morally obliged to meet. Those obligations end soon.
As far as how I intend to relate to my new Tico neighbors, wealth disparity between us will not be evident to the extent that I can help it. This is essential because I will be living amongst them as part of the community.
I believe the best course of action for people of my economic class (wage slaves and small business owners) is to hit and then to run.
Hit by:
1.closing your bank accounts,
2.ripping up any credit cards, (pay with cash only)
3.trade your soon-to-be worthless paper currency in for silver or gold.
4. stop paying your mortgages if your house is under water
5. and finally, do NOT waste energy by hoping for change and voting… or even trying to wake others up. It’s too late. Your country is toast and has been for a while. You need to focus on your own salvation and that of your family.If you can manage to do the above, and save enough real money before the crash, RUN to Central or South America before the government removes your ability to move assets or even yourself. Don’t get caught in the fascist meat grinder like the Jews did in 1939.
I can imagine some of you laughing out loud at this. You are the ones who will get caught. Those with critical thinking capabilities who are not yet awake must first SEE what is happening and then be honest with yourself and BELIEVE what you are seeing. There is a high probability that Israel will strike Iran by year’s end. There is a high probability that the Euro zone will crash soon. Either of these potential incidents could be enough to put the US nightmare of domestic tyranny into third gear and it will be difficult to escape after that happens.
[quote=”Scott”][quote=”MsKitty”]So I see someone didn’t want [b]my[/b] Youtube post. It was a George Carlin post called “Stupid People”. It was no worse than the one above. It was humor. Go see for yourself. The point is that you don’t dare post anything about anything that doesn’t play into the moderator’s agenda. I’m sure noone is surprised.[/quote]
My! You’re certainly full of yourself Ms. Kitty.. And please feel free to post your comments and they are YOURS because I can guarantee you that you do not speak for others in this forum.
NOBODY edited your post so if you are not competent enough to insert a YouTube video in your posting you only have yourself to blame…
What was it you were saying about “stupid people”?
And, as you can clearly see from the MAJORITY of postings I have made, the MAJORITY of our VIP Members do not agree with the “moderator’s agenda…”
So?
That’s what free speech is all about …[/quote]
LOL!!!! I am getting a good chuckle here. This is fun!
I am not a bad person and I would make a good neighbor. I am respectful of the privacy of others and I believe that open communities can be the healthiest way to live.
I believe in civil behavior but I am opinionated and some people who find themselves disagreeing with me can get perturbed. I know this and I still say what I think. Let the marbles roll where they will. Who arrives at 61 years of age without having some pretty well defined ideas about how things seem to work…or not work, as the case may be?
By the way, thanks for the posted video, maravilla.
[quote=”aguirrewar”]Crime is a product of wealth inequality. Once you have that kind of environment, gates and guns show up everywhere as a symptom. The more inequality, the more gates, walls and guns. It is really a simple formula.
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You are so WRONG in posting this
are all criminals POOR??
does crime only belong to the lowest level of the economic strata??
RICH people do not commit a crime?? (Bernie Maddox) and all the Ponzi schemes
Crime goes up all the way as in a ladder from the botton step all the way to the top one
Look up the Diputado from Puntarenas (Angulo) and find out how corrupt and criminal the powerfull can be or Weiner the Congressman fron the USA
I just wish I could steal money like Halliburton with a NO BID CONTRACT for billions of dollars paid by the US citizens
Come back when you have a REAL furmula to express your STUPID post
not calling you stupid but calling it a stupid post, there is a difference[/quote]
Mt point is still valid. The rich commit crimes and create wealth inequities. The poor commit crimes in response to wealth inequities. Both rich and poor are responding to a sick system.
You are not letting the logic into your addled, brainwashed mind. You accept this economic system of money and designed scarcity as some kind of absolute truth and it is not. If you haven’t seen this George Carlin clip, he explains it pretty well;
[quote=”aguirrewar”]My house in CR is SMACK down in San Jose, 200 meters from Parque de La Paz, 4 kilometers from the center of San Jose and you can walk to the center of SJ and the house is 900 sq. feet
My other house in Florida is 3,000 sq. feet but I enjoy the house in CR more than the one in FL
is there crime?? YES, big time but we live in a semi gated community, you go in one way and leave the same way
the only GRINGO in this community is ME!!!! but we have a strong neighborhood alliance
out of 28 houses all and everyone knows each other be that the pets, children, cars, husbands and wifes
one thing that is funny to a point is that the owner of the “U” shaped housing project where I have my house has more fire arms than the NRA and is not afraid to discharge them at 1:00 AM in the morning and better than an alarm in each house, just in case someone has some ideas to come and think he will “STEAL” something
So much for the thought of a GATED community[/quote]
Crime is a product of wealth inequality. Once you have that kind of environment, gates and guns show up everywhere as a symptom. The more inequality, the more gates, walls and guns. It is really a simple formula.
I came and got some property in 2006, only a little over 5 years ago. And I see a lot of change already. Not so much around the farming community where my property is located but if this continues, it will be there soon.
Hopefully, most of the money will want to locate in Guanacaste or along the Pacific coast. Money likes walls, gates, beaches, marinas and places where air conditioning is required. But even modest money is settling in the mountains.
This is not good. I intended to simplify my life style and integrate with the indigenous population. Later I realized a lot of expats have a different idea about living in CR. They wanted to transplant the north american lifestyle to CR or make a vacation home. To do that, they have to make gated communities to separate their lifestyle from the local one. I know were this story is going. I have seen it elsewhere.
Disparate wealth and gated communities are a form of violence against the rest of the world. Nature being the great equalizer that it is, a balance will come eventually. But it won’t be pretty as it happens.
People make a paradise or hell out of their environments. This is why I disparage the appearance of more gated communities in Costa Rica.
There are clear examples of places on the planet where societies with an even distribution of wealth are more peaceful and prosperous than those places where great differences in wealth distribution exist.
Gated communities are a symptom of the sick socio-economic system which is destroying the world. This system creates disparity in wealth by concentrating wealth into fewer hands and that disparity separates people from one another with greed and fear.
The United States ranks 4th in income inequality. And I don’t want to see Costa Rica invaded by too many of my moneyed countrymen wishing to build palacial homes, golf courses and marinas for their pleasures.. That kind of immigration will hasten the destruction of paradise.
