It was once the richest country in Latin America. Now it’s falling apart

Time Magazine ^ | August 9, 2016 | Iaon Grillo

[SaraJohnson]

Globalists want socialism everywhere. No national constitutions.

[OddLane]

That's why I find this argument about federalism so ridiculous.

The idea that you're going to persuade leftists to not enslave a portion of the population, especially the most productive, useful portion of the population, is a pipe dream.

[Oatka]

Of course, “socialism” or “communism” is never mentioned as part of the problem.

That's because it was the collapse in oil prices. (cough)

[gogeo]

Engineers & Doctors now serving food at restaurants here in America.

And no doubt, better off financially than if they'd stayed.

[gogeo]

Engineers & Doctors now serving food at restaurants here in America.

And no doubt, better off financially than if they'd stayed.

[Oatka]

This is known as “bad luck.”

YEARS ago, I was married about a year, and lived in California. My wife's sister was the female version of Al Capp's Joe Btfsplk - had been married at least 10 years to some loser and was still at the barely-above-poverty level, working at minimum wage in those PA mushroom houses.

We had just bought a 1,600 sq. ft. house for the stiff price of $36,500 (early 1970) and were settling in when she paid us a visit. She took one look at our surroundings and all the middle class gadgets we had (not yet paid for) and remarked that "some people were just lucky".

Bless my wife (who also worked). She lit into her and said that after quitting one career (typesetting) and sticking my neck out by working at night and going to computer programming school during the day, she noticed that the more chances we took and the harder we worked, the "luckier" we got. Big sis shut up and sulked.

[ConservaTeen]

America, under HILLARY and LIBERALS...

[TexasTransplant]

**** Engineers & Doctors now serving food at restaurants here in America.

And no doubt, better off financially than if they’d stayed” ***

Don’t know about Dr’s but Engineers won’t work very long at low paying jobs, Math is a Universal Language...

I have to pay BIG BUCKS for Structural Engineers and they are in Demand because there are not enough of them.

If those folks get their License just their Signature costs $450 minimum after all the work is done and they just check it.

I constantly joke with them ... “I wish I would have stayed in school”

Occasionally I run across one that is not a recent Immigrant.

[wardaddy]

The Tamanaco

I had 9000 stolen from my room there in 1990

[dfwgator]

Coming to the US.

[dfwgator]

“In the 43 years leading up to 1914, GDP had grown at an annual rate of 6%, the fastest recorded in the world. The country was a magnet for European immigrants, who flocked to find work on the fertile pampas, where crops and cattle were propelling Argentina’s expansion. In 1914 half of Buenos Aires’s population was foreign-born.”

Then came Mussolini in Italy, and the Argies said, "I'd like some of that!"

[OddLane]

Yep.