why is costa rica the only one of the top 10 countries with the most trust to be located outside of europe?
Not sure but maybe they weren't impressed by the help from the US after the storm, & subsequent devastation, a few years ago. This might have been seen to contrast with seeing some of their own officials rolling their sleeves up, wearing waders and not just doing it for a photoshoot.
10 sats \ 5 replies \ @kr OP 23 Jan
interesting theory
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The 🧻s throwing event looked really bad.
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weren't impressed by the help from the US after the storm
That's Puerto Rico, part of the USA.
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My bad. Puerto Rican's don't have the same full rights though do they?
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61 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 23 Jan
They are essentially the same as anyone born in rest of the USA except: 1) usually don't have to pay federal income taxes (but do pay other federal taxes) 2) can't vote for presidency or congressmen and thus don't get federal political representation. But you still get all other American rights, e.g. speech, guns, religion, etc. imho thats a good tradeoff, congress and president are always terrible in my lifetime so I'd rather not vote and not pay taxes. I am not Puerto Rican but what public articles I've read and folks I've met from there generally seem to favor this balance of not voting but lower taxes. Most of the benefits with a lot less cost.
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Indeed, that seems a nice trade off!
I was aware of #2, but hadn't picked up on #1 til you told me.
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