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BayCityProgressive

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Sun Jun-25-06 08:38 PM
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Is Costa Rica socialist or Quasi-socialist?

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A family member of mine just returned from Costa Rica and had a great time. Apparently the wild life and scenery is amazing. He mentioned that they have a universal healthcare and education system. He also said they have no standing military. I did some more research into the country and saw that things like medicine, alcohol, telecommunications, energy companies, mass transport ect are all nationalized and unions are present. there are also minimum wage laws and they have a social security safety net. So is Costa Rica one of the more socialized economies in the world?

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