Dear A.M. Costa Rica:

The Sound of Taps

If you listen real carefully you can hear the sound of taps being played all over the Costa Rican countryside. This sound is a direct result of two more nails being driven into the coffin of a once proud, prosperous and free country.

Now, as an unofficial 51st state of the USA, the jackboot of U.S. Federal demands crunches down on Costa Rica to bring it in line with U.S. Empire policies and dogma. 

The new tax legislation that’s being literally rammed down the country’s throat, under the guise of bringing the country into line with the modern world, is going to destroy what was once a wonderful place to live, build a home, invest in a business or just play. The new laws will drive thousands of tourist-related business’ out of business and the new "One World, One Tax" will drive most of the retirees away. 

And that’s the good news!!!! Now the U.S.  oppppssss, I mean the Tico government, wants to know all about the investors who have holdings in SA’s no matter how much or how little. All under the guise of "money laundering, narco-terrorism and tax evasion."

Right!!! That’s gonna fly with the "Five Families" and other major Tico players. But then, they've already taken steps to circumvent that eventuality. Unfortunately, others will just move on. No, we are not all suspicious characters, tax evaders, child molesters, drug traffickers and/or terrorists. We just refuse to roll over and play dead to the "One World, One Government" philosophy that is a driving force today.

I’m sorry to see all that is happening here in C.R. It was my dream to retire here and enjoy the freedoms that are quickly being taken away, back in the U.S.A. All in the name of The Free Trade Agreement, Anti Terrorism, the Drug War and so on. Every month it’s a new flavor.  The U.S. government has become what once we fought against in Eastern Europe and other totalitarian states. AmeriKa, the last home of the free and the brave, is no more. 

So goodbye, paradise. On to a much more friendly country, and there are still many who refuse to knuckle under to Big Brothers pressure and coercion. 

I wish the people of C.R. good luck in the coming decades, because it’s going to be a real long time before you realize what has happened here and, unfortunately, much too late.