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(14,180 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)nxylas
(6,440 posts)I don't know if this is still the case, but I read an article some years ago about Costa Rica where it said that their defense budget was limited to a coastguard and a civil defense militia, leaving them free to provide extensive social programs to their citizens. Of course, the Austerions may have got to them since then.
DaveJ
(5,023 posts)I had my honeymoon there last year and in 5 days saw just one policeman, on a motorcycle in the city. They let their horses and dogs wander around without any concern. They brag about their peaceful society and their healthcare system. The hotel owner said he felt sorry for us in the U.S. When we returned it was a shock to the system, being re-introduced to our culture of fear here in the U.S.
Kennah
(14,276 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,100 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)One is a giant flaming nazi gasbag and the other is a dirigible.
radarluv
(30 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t
cindyperry2010
(846 posts)superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)The first is to surf.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)goclark
(30,404 posts)on a Board is making me act
turtlerescue1
(1,013 posts)irisblue
(32,981 posts)I just saw the video a few days ago, funny in it's own way.
asjr
(10,479 posts)hot air he could go on to Russia.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)I thought I'd read he said that he'd go to Costa Rica for medical coverage, not move there.
Of course, that could be his oxyclean spin cycle.
I mean, would Rush lie? I'd be shocked I tells ya!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)...they gave him an enema and buried him in a shoebox.
benld74
(9,904 posts)sakabatou
(42,158 posts)magnifisense
(285 posts)Oh if only it were true.
Kennah
(14,276 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)A big ol' bag of hot gas.