[QUOTE=Stan Da Man]Right.
And that's why folks are still clamoring to get into our country any way they can. That's why the dollar is still welcomed everywhere. (Though it may have declined in some places, one of those places is not Argentina. That's why, when there is world economic trauma, our treasuries approach a negative yield curve. What currency is Argentine real estate bought and sold in?
Democracy, flawed as it is, is still the best form of government, and ours is the strongest brand, warts and all.
Capitalism, despite its excesses, is still the best commercial structure (and, in my opinion, a good argument can be made that the current socialist interferences in the economy will do more harm than good, but that remains to be seen)
The USA certainly has its problems. Its current President ran out of ideas a day after he was re-elected. (Before I draw fire for that, let me 'fess up: I voted for him. His predecessor, Bill Clinton, was probably the biggest and best liar the Oval Office has ever seen, and I mean that in the best possible way. My hunch is that the Kirchners have studied the Clinton playbook quite extensively and, with word that James Carville makes frequent trips there, they may have retained the same tutor. If the Kirchners were smart, they would take notes not only on what Bill Clinton did, but on what he did not do and say: He kept his nose out of the economy, which was his chief virtue.
Most of the folks you're now criticizing -- expat mongers in your country -- are living off the fat of our land, in your country. If local economic conditions there were better, then there wouldn't be the constant supply of working girls, at least not at the prices that prevail today.
In the U. S. A. We definitely have our problems. But, we don't gloss over our problems quite the way some other countries do. Bring on the criticism. There is virtually nothing you can say that hasn't made headlines in one of our daily papers somewhere, and if it hasn't attained that currency, then it's likely the political plank of some crank or firebrand somewhere here. We make our messes; we engage in self-flagellation over them; we clean them up; then we move on.
If Argentina was half as candid about its problems, it could start to clean them up, as well. When it really doesn't want American tourists and their American dollars, then it will start to retract the welcome mat. Perhaps the entry visa fee is the start of that, but somehow I doubt it. It's good that folks can write "Yanqui go home" down there. But not so long ago, what happened to them when they leveled similar criticisms at their own government? How many went missing?[/QUOTE]Stan,
You are seriously delusional. Argentina is screwed, but the powder keg we call America is just as bad now. Keep drinking the kool aid!
At 4pm, Kirschner is confiscating the pensions of Argentinians. I would take action.
And Stan, lest you think Americans (me, btw) are any different, our "leaders" are syphoning off ALL of your purchasing power as wedspeak. You own nothing, and neither do I, so get used to it!
