[Western Phil]

Sort of sounds as though the government is choking the golden goose.

The Brazilians are having an election early in October. The people we stayed with about a month ago said there are 32 political parties in Brazil and all of them have either the word Socialist or Communist in their name.

[thackney]

Sort of sounds as though the government is choking the golden goose.

Absolutely. They are not the first and sadly won't be the last. I've used the same phrase for Alaska, but they are getting better.

[cmsgop]

I know several professional Brazilians that are packing up and moving to the states, they see the writing on the wall....