Panama has a standard of living comparable to ours. They don’t wanna come here.
An acquaintance moved there and only "visits" the US twice a year to get her free transplant medications. Each time, everything in and on her house is stolen. (Windows, doors, appliances—police won't press charges on recovered items).
Yeah, Panama’s a place where refugees got to not leave from. Then again, I understand that Panama’s third largest city is some barrio in Los Angeles.
Yeah, Panama’s a place where refugees got to not leave from. Then again, I understand that Panama’s third largest city is some barrio in Los Angeles.
You are correct, and in some ways their standard of living is actually better. Decent medical care, retirement benefits, reasonable gun laws. And the weather and scenery and climate are beautiful, as well as the people.
You're kidding, right?
Those Panamanians who make as much money as Americans do, have a similar standard of living, but what percentage is that?
For 2013, U.S. per capita income was $54,000; for Panama, it was $19,290 (in "PPP." or Purchasing Power Parity dollars, i.e. adjusted for differences in cost of living).
That's only "comparable" in the sense that we're making a comparison...
Panama generally has the same abysmal standard of living as the rest of Central- and South America, but somewhat better than the occasional Marxist dictatorships to which their lack of education dooms them.