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[quote=”johnr”]Hey David – not sure where Sprite got his info because there are both State and Federal Programs. There is some interesting reading here:
http://www.unicor.gov/information/publications/pdfs/corporate/CATMC1101_C.pdf
I used to work in an industry where we competed with / against and also sold products to prisons. It’s very interesting. Most prisoners earn a wage of around $1.60 per hour – slave labor – possible but at least it’s not going to China and it’s teaching the most valuable skill to prisoners -how to WORK![/quote]
Are you serious? You think it’s better to be imprisoned in the US than to be a worker in China? Is this opinion based on personal experience?
Daboss, if you are thinking of relocating to Costa Rica from the US, bear in mind that you would at least be leaving the country that imprisons more people than any other country on earth. One person in every 100 is in jail in the U.S. That is six times as many per capita as are jailed by the communist Chinese, ten times per capita as many as are jailed in Cuba.
Not only that, but it is big business. Jailed Americans are forced into slave labor. They manufacture 36% of all US made domestic appliances, 40% of US made office furniture as well as a high percentages of paints, military helmets and a host of other products. And more and more jails are being managed by private business whose stock is sold on the open market and its value increases as more prisoners are added to the roster,
Those of us who are not in jail, are what are called economic slaves, imprisoned by unending debt to the banks. But at least we can still escape.
I would also like to hear a Tico attorney chime in on this question. I wonder what the cultural attitude is regarding North American men and Ticas.
I find it difficult to feel empathy for gringos who come to Costa Rica for sexual tourism. That whole concept strikes me as cheap and temporal and ultimately unsatisfying. But again, to each his own.
I do, however, sympathize with naive or emotionally immature gringos who come down and coincidentally develop a relationship with a Tica whose ulterior motives would be obvious to more experienced, cautious, and emotionally mature men. And by cautious, I refer the prudent practice of learning the language and culture thoroughly before diving in head first by taking on a Tica wife.
It all makes sense if your intention with a gated community is to create country within a country. And THAT is my point.thanks for helping me make it.
[quote=”2bncr”]Sprite,
No rebuttle to my previous post. Silence is the voice of complicity.
Just as I thought…[/quote]
I don’t choose to pay U.S. taxes. Taxes are confiscated from me. Now, I have NO problem paying Costa Rican taxes. In fact, perhaps we should all pay a little more.
I think if I were strapped to a chair with my eye lids taped open and forced to watch streaming video, I would prefer a Spanish novela over a any sports game. I never understood the fascination with watching males play with balls…..
[quote] Oh the irony. Well at least the Tico’s walking off with your TV know you will never pull the trigger.:lol:[/quote]
They don’t know that. And you would have to be crazy to kill somebody over a TV.
[quote=”Jim S.
You apparently find it easier to pass judgement on them than I do. I don’t live in a gated community and never have but I do have dogs (and guns) and we never leave our house unoccupied – not even for a brief trip to the supermarket.[/quote]
And I agree with you. I am well aware of the petit crime in Costa Rica and I intend to set myself up exactly as you have done. I made it clear that I was not addressing the crime aspect, rather the social consequences and the attitude involved in making the decision to live in a gated community.
I have never been a gun advocate in the past for living in the States. Owning a gun in the US is like smoking a cigarette in a room filled with fireworks. But I see a reasonable application for gun ownership in a place like Costa Rica where there is only an anemic police presence.
[quote=”sabine”]Here is a pertinent email I just received…
Keep in mind that we are all under the spell of the fear operations, the classic method of compliance to tyrannical means–mind control by any other name. As Alex Jones pointed out on his show today, we are under a military enforced economic collapse.
It’s genocide, comes out of “British Israel” and they do, as John Hoefte told me,”mean to kill you.”
[/quote]Be very careful that you are not suckered into scapegoating religions, nationalities, races, political parties and cultures. That is THEIR tactic to keep you off balance and distracted. Slight of hand requires distractions. Keep focused on the money and how it is created and used against you and ignore religion and patriotism and refute any effort to turn you against a race or a culture. The only way they have been able to control such vast numbers of us is by keeping us at each others’ throats and keeping uis in a near constant state of war.
Don’t let your kids join the military. Don’t waste time in a church or supporting any political party. Priests and politicians can’t do anything for you. Spend your energy looking for ways to back out of the system as comfortably as possible. It seems likely to me that it is too late to change anything in an organized, painless fashion. This grand ponzi scheme is going to have to break down and when it does, it will drag society with it.
[quote=”F.A Skippy”][quote=”sprite”]If you want to remain with your “kind”, why move away from them in the first place? Moving to a gated community in Costa Rica filled with US residentsis sort of like traveling to Paris, sitting at a sidewalk cafe with a view of the river and ordering a cheeseburger and a coke and consume that while watching a Family Guy video on your iPhone.[/quote]
I suggest American Dad.
It’s much more accurate to the views in The Empire.[/quote]Too true, Skippy.
Not only is their effort not appreciated, it is pro-actively opposed by many people who are aware of what is really going on. My nephew did a stint in Iraq in the army and his mother, my sister, was also against him going. Young people are particularly susceptible to influences and routinely make bad decisions. Why do you think the military preys on 19 year olds for recruits? And, incidentally, why do you think the cowards in Washington never send their own children off to war to die?
I don’t wish ill on anyone, not on your family members and not on the afghans who are currently exposed to their weapons.If you think all the women, children and other innocents killed over there are acceptable casualties, then your morals are reprehensible. This needs to be pointed out to you and especially to those carrying out the destruction on behalf of the evil that directs their actions.. We don’t have time for your patriotic BS any more. This has to stop and the only way that will ever happen is if we confront the ignorance and misplaced loyalties.
[quote=”johnr”
More people need to at least appreciate the fact that the soldiers, who do a thankless job, provide at least some of the luxury of freedom that most people take for granted.
I will agree with you that I perhaps harsh in stating that you should “get a life” however I also think that sometimes a harsh comment can also make one pause and reflect on ones own inner beliefs.
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First off; What “luxury of freedom” are you talking about?
Be careful not to swallow all the propaganda they are throwing at us. We are not free. We don’t have the freedom to make any important decisions about our lives. We are given false choices between pre-selected candidates and we are given insignificant choices between brands of cereal to buy or football teams to support. But the important stuff is not up to you or me. Did you vote of the 9 year war in Afghanistan?
Secondly, the comment of “Get a life” is just not applicable to this thread. It was a strange one to make considering the theme of this thread and my comments. It would be better applied to anyone who is NOT interested in such world wide matters.If you want to remain with your “kind”, why move away from them in the first place? Moving to a gated community in Costa Rica filled with US residentsis sort of like traveling to Paris, sitting at a sidewalk cafe with a view of the river and ordering a cheeseburger and a coke and consume that while watching a Family Guy video on your iPhone.
