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(14,180 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,752 posts)Initech
(100,117 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
(14,349 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,789 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 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
(42,770 posts)Blue Owl
(50,536 posts)n/t
cindyperry2010
(846 posts)superpatriotman
(6,253 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
(33,041 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
(9,167 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)...they gave him an enema and buried him in a shoebox.
benld74
(9,911 posts)sakabatou
(42,189 posts)magnifisense
(285 posts)Oh if only it were true.
Kennah
(14,349 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)A big ol' bag of hot gas.