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Wander: the government of Argentina purposely makes it impossible to pay all taxes (for example, see the Inc. article two years ago, the World Bank said that, if the average business in Argentina paid all the taxes it is obligated to, it would pay 108% of its profit in taxes -- thus making it...

Hahaha awwww thanks -- you know I've seen your posts on BAexpats but I didn't connect you with you until this! I totally remember you, our talks, and the the ancient Barcamps years ago -- feels like a different universe and different BA back then :) Welcome to BAexpats, a wonderfully useful...

I spend a disproportionate amount of my time studying very old maps; and, when I'm not doing that, I'm trying to figure out who wrote the plays and poetry that is usually attributed to a man named "William Shakespeare" (hint: I don't think it was the man named "William Shakespeare.") If any of...

Guys I was getting soooo frustrated with this thread -- c'mon, it's the same issues over and over, lets be new and creative in what we wonder about, not the same old questions, where everyone knows side X believes A and side Y believes B... -- and I was even planning a long response that would...

The title speaks for itself :) If not "Israeli", then, "native Hebrew speaker" would do :) We're an interesting and fun company - we'd love to talk to you - send me a note here or at: [email protected] morgan

Hey hey hey... as the creator of this thread, I'd love for us to return to the original theme of this thread... (feel free to throw stones -- whether or not the stone throwing is justified -- at glass houses on other threads, that I didn't start;)) -- so... any other ideas on creative ways to...

For my own personal security!!!! That said: if there's a way for a lot of us (us=good people in BA, whether immigrant or native-born) to come together to improve our own safety -- whether in a non-profit or for-profit context -- I would strongly support it!!! For example I don't see the...

Ah, so you recommend more bath salts?! hmmm!!!!! ;)

Hahaha! It is certainly a real post. I am deeply concerned about the security situation; I feel powerless to improve it; and I'm trying to figure out what to do, that's within our powers, to make things marginally better -- on the individual (me! my friends!) and the community (everyone around...

On the neighborhood watch idea.... does anyone know of an Argentine neighborhood watch group? Does this exist in BA? Yes, one with local Argies might be helpful...!

Hey guys!!!! Thanks for your suggestions. Here's a thought: feel free to ignore the 4 ideas I threw out. As I said, these ideas probably suck!!! You don't need to articulate the reasons why my ideas are bad, I already know :) Rather, the point is... does anyone else have any other creative...

Gentlefolk, It is a long night tonight -- feels like 4:30am yet it isn't even midnight! -- full of intense work. I just took a 3 minute break which led my mind to ask a question that I find interesting and I am left wondering if any of the men and women of BA Expats (who are on average...

Oh there was probably something in my coffee when I wrote that so, if some part didn't make sense to you, the probable explanation is that: it doesn't make sense ;) -morgan

(In my 6am up-all-night-on-coffee insane post from early this morning) -- I was so tired and high-on-coffee that I made two potentially confusing typos: first, this guy's name is William Buckley, the same as the founder of the modern american conservative movement (for better or worse) -- not...

Whoa. I don't know this guy, or anything call center-related, nor any of the people posting here (except for Beatrice... who took his CAT!?!?! Haha!! You're awesome!) -- I try to stay sooooo far away from the Expat world, and BAexpats on sleepless nights is my one vice -- but I just want to...

If you let us know your objectives, maybe we could proffer more specific advice. For example, if your objective is to live here permanently, that's different than "lets have a fun year in Argentina", so my advice would be quite different. Or if your goal is to escape to write a book, that's...

Maggie Thatcher -- the eternal enemy of our adopted homeland -- once awesomely observed: "being powerful is like being a lady... if you have to say you are, you aren't." I think "fame" works similarly to "power": it's likely that anyone who would say they're famous really isn't. (Me? Of course...

Oh there's a fantastic dog run in the Barrancas del Belgrano park, right near Chinatown!!

Surprisingly, I found it muuuuch easier and cheaper to BUY an apartment than rent one in BA. Plus, taking into account the rip-off prices for foreigners for apartment rentals, buying an apartment for me paid for itself (ie, "how much would I have spent had I instead rented an equivalent...

The author has a touching faith in the government's statistics. "In addition, unemployment fell from 22% in 2002 to less than 6.7% in the Q4 of 2011." 6.7% unemployment? Really?