Rush Limbaugh to go to Costa Rica if Obamacare passes

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Puerto Rico's a U.S. Territory, so they might be under Obamacare as well. Same goes for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I'd have to wonder, if being a territory means riding in the back seat figuatively - if they had enough of a problem would the U.S. let them slide? Could they cut their 'territory status?'. I'd like to think Luis Fortuno has the means to work with that somehow.

I have family in Central America, so no problem.

If Republicans stop Obamacare, would anyone care to
join me {and fellow members} in Canada?

Have you checked the immigration requirements for Canada? Most of us could not get in.

Why not?

Because Canadians think that the privilege of becoming Canadian requires a high positive net contribution to society.

People should be healthy, socially adjusted and educated. You need to fit in to the work force so that you contribute taxes for several years before you retire. Having children that will contribute also contributes positively to your entrance score. Disabled children of working adults CAN come to Canada and become citizens. There is also a family reunification plan, allowing the aged parents of new Canadians to join them on our soil.

I'll just quote something, ok?



So right there.. that makes it harder than the states.



But once you are here, its easier to get your (extended) family on our soil.

Business/entrepreneur entrance is even tougher. It isnt enough to be rich. Your presence has to help others, not just pay your own way.



You might be an aspie... if you answer a "why not?" with several pages of data points.

I was looking at your points system. It's extremely difficult to immigrate to Canada unless you already have a job lined up- even highly educated skilled workers aren't allowed to just show up.

Of course not. Highly educated and skilled workers should have little problem lining up a potential employer. In theory.

In fact, the provinces have programs that connect the two. As you have seen, coming here for school or short term work helps a lot.

I'm quite pleased that the average fundamentalist minister would have a hard time scoring enough points.

Sporting value It sounds like you want big game animals.

You must have a dearth of unskilled people to pick vegetables. Cheap Mexican labour gives the USA a big advantage in agriculture.

Also, it doesn't look like Canada is especially welcoming of retirees, unlike countries like Mexico and Costa Rica.

Of course, someone from another country would be nuts to consider moving to the USA for the purpose of retiring.

Good riddance.

I do believe that refers to athletes rather than hunting.



You either made a strange joke or you just spoke something perhaps endemic to American thinking. It quite boggled my mind to read it. The suggestion being that it is necessary to use large scale unskilled labour to profitably harvest.



Does it? I cant think of any large Canadian vegetable crops that are harvested in this way. The bulk of our national production is sold to the states, so if you guys could do it cheaper... you would? And then you wouldnt buy it from us.

Incidentally my family just became engaged in growing Rhodiola (which has medicinal value, rather than being food), and even our small crop of several acres will be partially mechanized, We only need the root portion of the plant.

Your statement is very strange. Is it common to eschew investing in equipment in favor of extra labor? Are the crop owners hide-bound in traditional ways?

Potatoes, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, celery, corn, cucumbers, peppers, and peas.. I have seen them all mechanically harvested. Peas of course are a sort of bean.. or close to it anyway. What gives?

The fruit crops like apples and pears are picked by hand but with assistive reach tools, and small things like berries and cherries are hand picked, but those are never large crops. Certain things like cranberries can be machine picked too. Grapes for wine are hand picked, but that is almost skilled labor, and vintners expect perfection anyway.

I would think that Oranges too would be hardy enough to use some sort of machine to snatch them out of the trees.

We have Mexicans come here to work, and they generally enter skilled trade programs if they dont qualify for something else. These made the news because the conditions by which they made easy entry into Canada forbade them to seek other employment. They were contracted to the government to remain with their sponsor employer(which isnt typical).

When the recession happened, lay offs put them out of work. As foreign workers their jobs were favoured for elimination over equally skilled Canadians. This left them in a rather tricky legal situation. I believe it was resolved through community charity until the government released them from their contractual limitations.

Incidentally, we weathered the recession pretty well. Canada is one of the only countries that had no bank failures. Banking laws forbid the sort of mortgage shenanigans that you guys suffered. What hurt us is that you guys suddenly stopped buying goods.

We have large numbers of Mexicans who follow the harvest seasons across the country.

I remember a few years ago Colorado agriculture was suffering because the state government was trying to clamp down on illegal workers. I don't know how things panned out, but I suspect that things loosened up again. Otherwise, agriculture would have come to an end in Colorado.

So what does the poem on the Canadian Statue say? Don't give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free?

ruveyn

This one?



I don't know, but I imagine that the poem is thoughtful and inspiring.

Well, the fat vile idiot is probably getting ready right now for the time of his pathetic life in Costa Rica.

I hope Rush does not let the door hit his arse on the way out.

ruveyn

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