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[quote=”costaricafinca”]versatile, indeed he does, and possibly this is due to where the cabin is located…
But, the original poster says that [i]”The property is on the only road that goes out to a popular beach…”[/i] so regular foot & vehicular traffic will be quite aware of an unoccupied dwelling.[/quote]Slapped back to reality ;he goes on in life! lol
[quote=”postalx”][quote=”Versatile”][quote=”postalx”][quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”postalx”]shocked to find out that healthcare isn’t free yet.[/quote]
I agree with that. It’s like expecting to start a business without any money and expecting a profit from day one, isn’t it.
The payoff doesn’t really start to show until 10 years down the line.[/quote]
If, by some miraculous occurrence, there is any resulting cost benefit to employers and consumers, I’ll admit my error. More likely, I’ll still be muttering about what a dumb-ass, corrupt, ill-conceived scam that was perpetrated on the productive segment of society for the benefit of few and at a ridiculous cost.
The cheerleaders may counter, “Your already paying for the uninsured by inflated insurance premiums.” True; but add to that the cost thousands of freshly minted government employees, working for inflated salaries and benefits, 16,500 new IRS agents waiting to fine your ass for choosing not to comply, and ‘POOF!’, where did the savings go? Designed to fail from the get-go.
Mark these words: healthcare costs in the US will continue to rise, cost containment measures by the US Government will fail and there will be a lot of unemployed Democrat Congressmen and Senators in November.[/quote]
Do you now have health insurance? Have you been without health insurance? If not now ; then when will ALL Americans have health insurance?
Can you explain to me why for 8 yrs during the Republican administration why they didn’t ever address why some many in the USA could not get or afford health insurance?Please stick to the facts this time instead of attacking my character or spelling.
I am on the ground here in the USA and i have yet to find one of the 80% of Americans that are so dead set against the Health Care Bill.[/quote]
Although this is likely a futile exercise, let me give you a glimpse of my world. 55 years old, male, married, self employed, employees, overhead, vehicle fleet; parent of two self sufficient young adults. Working class parents and grandparents.
I’ve had health insurance every day of my working life, paid for by my labor, sometimes with the assistance of my past employers, mostly not. In any event, I chose to allot that money for my peace of mind.
Like it or not, (probably not) people prioritize what they spend money on. Many people are bums and pitiful excuses for parents. Others will never get anywhere in life no matter what you do for them (See: LBJ, Great Society) There are dozens of reasons people don’t have health insurance, but only a few are truly valid. The recurring number I’ve heard reported is that 85% of Americans are happy with their healthcare, although the cost is a factor they’d like improved. So where are the cost savings in this new plan? All I see are mandates, taxes, fines; hardly a recipe for lower costs.
Question is: Does this justify a government takeover of private industry? Not for our welfare; it’s about tax, control, spend.
I suggest that if your having a hard time finding anyone that sees this takeover as objectionable, you need to start engaging people that you fundamentally disagree with, and try their shoes on for size. You might have an epiphany.
But then again, probably not.[/quote]
I was with you for a moment until your last line.
YOU SIR HAVE BEEN MOVED TO MY IGNORE LIST![quote=”postalx”][quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”postalx”]shocked to find out that healthcare isn’t free yet.[/quote]
I agree with that. It’s like expecting to start a business without any money and expecting a profit from day one, isn’t it.
The payoff doesn’t really start to show until 10 years down the line.[/quote]
If, by some miraculous occurrence, there is any resulting cost benefit to employers and consumers, I’ll admit my error. More likely, I’ll still be muttering about what a dumb-ass, corrupt, ill-conceived scam that was perpetrated on the productive segment of society for the benefit of few and at a ridiculous cost.
The cheerleaders may counter, “Your already paying for the uninsured by inflated insurance premiums.” True; but add to that the cost thousands of freshly minted government employees, working for inflated salaries and benefits, 16,500 new IRS agents waiting to fine your ass for choosing not to comply, and ‘POOF!’, where did the savings go? Designed to fail from the get-go.
Mark these words: healthcare costs in the US will continue to rise, cost containment measures by the US Government will fail and there will be a lot of unemployed Democrat Congressmen and Senators in November.[/quote]
Do you now have health insurance? Have you been without health insurance? If not now ; then when will ALL Americans have health insurance?
Can you explain to me why for 8 yrs during the Republican administration why they didn’t ever address why some many in the USA could not get or afford health insurance?Please stick to the facts this time instead of attacking my character or spelling.
I am on the ground here in the USA and i have yet to find one of the 80% of Americans that are so dead set against the Health Care Bill.
[quote=”postalx”][quote=”Versatile”]Rush Linny is a Stain on America. Such a bigot. At least we find out those other bigots when they talk him up.[/quote]
It never ceases to amaze me , how the enlightened ones are the first to come out with ad-hominem attacks against their ideological opponents, in an effort to silence their views. Bigot, stain; is that the best you’ve got? Surely your vocabulary is more expansive than that.
As to Mr. Limbaugh, I rarely listen to his show. But I do admire a man who has been systematically targeted for over 20 years because of his views, and has managed each and every time to expose his detractors, including our President, Mr. Obama, for the petty ideologues that they are.
Truth is, they lack the cerebral horsepower to land a glove on him, so all they are left with is “the smear”, a tool that you choose to employ readily. Come back to the discussion when you’d like to argue facts, not your feelings.[/quote]
When another poster starts attacking the character of another poster then it is a very good indication that the person attacking the character of the original poster is wrong and his argument is flawed. Judges use this idea in court cases many times a day.
Thus Sir! Your personal attacks on my character are unfounded and really not what is the usual flavor of this forum. Are you a old member of the John Birch Society?
Do i really need to give you examples as to how Lush The Pill Head is a BIGOT?
I will not argue with you about my or your character. Should you choose to do so then i will just add you to my ignore listRush Linny is a Stain on America. Such a bigot. At least we find out those other bigots when they talk him up.
Good going Don Diego. I haven’t ever been married but i have lived with a few women and within weeks of the move in my woman started considering mine as our’s and hers was hers.:x
I like your spin on the Tico & Tica ideas of relationships.
I fear i will be under a Gringa attack very shortly! lol[quote=”maravilla”]let them all move to the beach area where they can swim in sewage. jejeje i am always amazed at peoples’ perception of this place, and what about it will fulfill them. usually, they are clueless about real life here and arrive with distorted perceptions. then when reality hits, they are upset that it wasn’t the paradise that they had hoped it would be.
thanks for posting the article. it is more fodder for the one i am writing on the myth of paradise.new note:
after a second reading of the article, i think it is completely misleading to pretend that CR is an ecological paradise when its rivers and streams are polluted, and the persistent use of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides on our foods here is a great concern to all of us who are health conscious, especially since many of those chemicals were banned in the US 30+ years ago. i guess they’ve stopped spraying bananas with Bordeaux Mixture, but who knows what they are using now in place of that chemical cosh that sickened workers for decades and made the land unusable for any other crops. so there may be a lot of happy people here but CR has a long way to go to live up to its paradise label. i did see an article this morning that said the beaches in tamarindo were cleaner. cleaner than what? and why aren’t the hotels who continue to pollute the ocean with their sewage shut down until they clean up their act? that’s the part of this picture i just don’t get.[/quote]
What country suits you? You seem very unhappy in CR.
[quote=”jdocop”]lot of chiros treating informally, reasonably, found mostly by word of mouth……Montezuma may have a great reputation as a Hippie kind of place, but that also implies a drug culture, doesn’t it?[/quote]
Most likely a few kids smoking a joint or so. I never saw anything of that style at all. A no trouble place. We saw a young Tico guy with a guitar and he could strum & sing a few bars of “Puff The Magic Dragon” and he was swamped with the ladies!
Not much in Montezuma in the way of Vegan items. For Chiropractic in Montezuma? you might have to settle on getting someone to walk on your back. No tv station either. Laid back style with lot’s of college kid travelors
one of my neighbors had bars installed after my robbery, but no sooner were the bars in than someone had tried to saw through them, so the bars are only a deterrent; they won’t keep someone out.
Kept those bad boys out that day didn’t they?
You will win more than you lose if you are proactive and don’t lay down for them.
“my theory is that the more you secure a place, the more the thieves think you have something worth stealing.”
You are a foreigner and will always be considered to be a target when a thief notices you.
A buddy of mine posted thhis on his property and the law told him to take it down.
NO TRESPASSING!
SURVIVORS PERSUCUTED!Here in the States i have had my home robbed more times than i care to remember. I learned that a good thing to do is leave stuff out for the thief to take. Such as a broken but good looking 42 inch TV or a bulky but no good stereo any crap that looks to be worth money but in reality is junk. This will also give you a clue or two whom the thief is. Kids will take stuff a pro will leave behind. I learned to not call the cops. They never ever did a damn thing for me even when i caught a thief one time. Don’t call the cops and keep your mouth shut about it and don’t tell the neighbors or local workers. After two years or less someone will mention your theft and you will be onto a major clue as to who the thief is; should they be connected to you some how and not just a random theft. Worked for me.
Have any of you thought about a large safe bolted to the floor with BIG BOLTS or workmen type job boxes that can be locked up and bolted to the floor or a flashing light on the roof etc that lights up when the alarm goes off. Don’t use a old safe of the type that has the big brass dial on it. They stop a trained thief for only about 15 minutes. Been there done that, although an old safe like that with nothing in it will keep them busy for awhile if they are accomplished thief and create talk in the area if kids are the culprit(remember mums the word).
Another thing that can be done is rig up something as to where when they mess with it they get permanent dye on them.There is a permanent dye here in the States that cattlemen use. The bull wears the dye marker on his neck and when he mounts the cow it leaves a purple mark on the cow.I used this method once when a person kept opening a window and reaching over to unlock a door.He couldn’t see it but when he reached around for the door knob he grabbed hold of a dye soaked rag!After doing this and being robbed then you would want to ask around if anyone has seen a person with purple hands. When you want to get mean about it you can string a line with fishing hooks on it. Think outside the box etc.
