Hello.
My name is Ralph and I'm from Indiana. I'm a 43 year old businessman and I enjoy teaching. I'm currently an expatriot living in Ecuador, but I've decided to move to New Hampshire when I return. Since I enjoy teaching and I'm an English speaker living in a spanish speaking country, it would take a mental midget not to figure out what I'm doing here. 
Moving from the U.S: to Ecuador was a shock. It was a cultural shock, but not for the reasons you might think. I met and married an Ecuadorian woman while I was still in the states and had been with her for four years before moving to Ecuador, so the Ecuadorian culture and customs were old hat by the time I arrived. What shocked me was the almost total lack of control the government has over the people's day-to-day lives here. There are so many things that people can do here without having to ask for permission from the government first. You need liscences for almost nothing. You can even legally get any type of prescription drug without a prescription. The people here have much more freedom than anyone in the US. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying the government isn't corrupt. It's incredibly corrupt. It simply lacks the government infrastructure needed to control everyone's lives the way the US, state and local Governments controls ours.
I found out about freekeene when I stumbled upon one of Dave Ridley's videos on youtube. I then went to the ridley report webpage. Many of his videos are sponsored by freekeene, so I checked it out. It really affects me to see people who believe in what they're doing and are actually willing to suffer for it. That doesn't happen much in this world.
I hope to soon be among your number.
Cool - welcome! 8)
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Hello.
My name is Ralph and I'm from Indiana. I'm a 43 year old businessman and I enjoy teaching. I'm currently an expatriot living in Ecuador, but I've decided to move to New Hampshire when I return. Since I enjoy teaching and I'm an English speaker living in a spanish speaking country, it would take a mental midget not to figure out what I'm doing here. :-)[/quote]
Just curious, do you read Doug Casey? I don't think he's engaged in any wink-wink-nudge-nudge business dealings, but he's moved to Argentina, with properties in several SA countries.
[quote]Moving from the U.S: to Ecuador was a shock. It was a cultural shock, but not for the reasons you might think. I met and married an Ecuadorian woman while I was still in the states and had been with her for four years before moving to Ecuador, so the Ecuadorian culture and customs were old hat by the time I arrived. What shocked me was the almost total lack of control the government has over the people's day-to-day lives here. There are so many things that people can do here without having to ask for permission from the government first. You need liscences for almost nothing. You can even legally get any type of prescription drug without a prescription. The people here have much more freedom than anyone in the US. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying the government isn't corrupt. It's incredibly corrupt. It simply lacks the government infrastructure needed to control everyone's lives the way the US, state and local Governments controls ours.[/quote]
That's the experience of almost everyone living in other than First World countries. China, of all places, has almost no restrictions on small business free enterprise. It seems that it requires a certain national wealth to enable government to engage in such controls. And eventually those controls will end the national wealth, thence the government.
Thanks for your post.
No, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Doug Casey. It's not suprising that someone else besides myself left the US to seek success. I've also heard that many of the rich have begun leaving the US in droves. I wonder of it means something? hmmmmm…
The globalists don't like it that there is such a huge lack of police-state infrastructure in South America. That's why, at the Cancun Summit, they resolved to dedicate billions to South American infrastructure development to begin immediately and conclude within the next few years. Say goodbye to freedom, latin america.
One moves, escapes to South America, because of the wonderful extradition laws. Be assured, your luggage will be closely checked back to the states. Have a wonderful trip.