comment by John Venlet<\/b><\/a> on this blog last week. He offered links and observations about people moving offshore — particularly those who do so for financial reasons. (He’s agin’ it.) He was responding to my request that people share their thoughts, questions, or experiences about Panama or other countries. Kinda surprised that topic didn’t get more play. Now that we have Obamacare you can bet your hospital scrubs that American doctors will be rushing offshore. Some already have. It would take all my fingers and toes to count the number of my smart, freedom-loving acquaintances who’ve left the U.S. I can see why some consider that to be running away. But whatcha gonna do when your government turns your country into a third-world hell and all the fight you can muster can’t prevent that fate? (I dunno. I go back and forth about the question myself. Mostly, I’ve never had enough money to even think about going, so the question’s been moot. But a few have done it on paltry budgets.)\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday’s coming a little early. Posting this Sunday night, just after learning the Dreadful Bill has been inflicted upon us. No-brainer Nostradamus: The Rs will sweep to victory in November promising to repeal the ghastly law. Then they won’t. How is it possible that Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are the only three people in the world who can’t see that the Dems have toasted themselves by doing this thing to us? Along those lines, here’s an unusually good article from a usually not-so-good source, the Weekly Standard: “Dead Congress Walking.” Post-passage PR. Obama plans a three-part, multi-year blitz to persuade…<\/p>\n
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