Costa Rica? With a welfare state the equal of Scandinavian countries? With the fourth highest inflation rate in Latin America? With government monopolies of the telecommunications, power, banks and insurance industries? You are joking, yes?
On Jun 29, 10:28 am, RichardForbes <[email protected]> wrote: > Costa Rica > > On Jun 27, 11:26 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Emigrating To a Freer Country? | > > | from the all-my-recommendations-require-time-machines dept. | > > | posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 27, @00:09 (Privacy) | > > | http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/06/27/0152216 | > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > puroresu writes "I currently reside in the UK. In recent years I've seen > > [0]privacy, free expression and [1]civil liberties steadily eroded, and I > > can't see anything changing for the better any time soon. With people > > being [2]banned from the UK for expressing (admittedly reprehensible) > > opinions, the continuing efforts to implement [3]mandatory ID cards and > > the prospect of a Conservative government in the near future, I'm > > seriously considering emigrating to a less restrictive country. Which > > countries would you recommend in terms of freedom and privacy? Distance > > is not an issue, though a reasonable level of stability and provision of > > public services would be a bonus." > > > Discuss this story at: > > http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/06/27/0152216 > > > Links: > > > > 0.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 > > > > 1.http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/6-free-speech/s44-terro... > > 2.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8033060.stm > > 3.http://www.no2id.co.uk/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
