Banking Credit Card real-world rate "MEP" transaction repo (Dec2023)

[Sunny]

you're such a tribal piece of sh*t with no basis in reality, always.

@StatusNomadicus, please stop the vitriol and name-calling.

 

[IrishLad]

@StatusNomadicus, please stop the vitriol and name-calling.

I agree. It serves no purpose and a huge turn off. I will mute him/her as there is no reason on a forum to have this kind of hatred or speech for no reason.

 

[Jenn]

@StatusNomadicus, please stop the vitriol and name-calling.

"Can't we all just get along?" - Rodney King

 

[StatusNomadicus]

nope

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787892777050619956

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787898669615755479

 

[StatusNomadicus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787935302461399345

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787942056360345626

 

[StatusNomadicus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787947425518281136

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787951950903792044

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787954298791301241

MEP real-world currently at 998 for MasterCard

 

[Digital Nomad]

Seems to be holding steady at around 1,000 pesos to the USD.

 

[StatusNomadicus]

steady at around 1,000

true...so many things in the financial world seem to be pegged arbitrarily to psychological 'plateau' amounts - bitcoin, bitcoin cash, the MEP in Argentina, etc.

this weekend the real-world MEP is slightly better with MasterCard, at 973 Pesos/USD, but still lower than the usual 1000:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789744963397247209

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789746725801828533

 

[StatusNomadicus]

anyone going to Cordoba for the 25May2024 "Pacto de mayo" by chance? there was just a huge protest a couple weeks ago, so i'm sure the Commies will be parading around on that day and probably before (since they don't work). i'm set to go, just to see how it compares to the BsAs inauguration crowd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789747673999736841

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789749519564816722

 

[Sunny]

i'm set to go, just to see how it compares to the BsAs inauguration crowd

You were there?

 

[Sylvie]

anyone going to Cordoba for the 25May2024 "Pacto de mayo" by chance? there was just a huge protest a couple weeks ago, so i'm sure the Commies will be parading around on that day and probably before (since they don't work). i'm set to go, just to see how it compares to the BsAs inauguration crowd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789747673999736841

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789749519564816722

Let us know how the turn out is.

 

[StatusNomadicus]

You were there?

yeah, i actually started planning my BsAs trip after Milei won (i'm a History/Economics student, and a Libertarian for most of my adult life)

U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina - Demonstration Alert: December 20, 2023

FYI there is a major demonstration planned for tomorrow, December 20, 2023 U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina - Demonstration Alert: December 20, 2023 Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina Event: There is a planned demonstration on Wednesday, December 20 starting from the Argentine National...

www.expatsba.com

Let us know how the turn out is.

will do! won't bring my dog like i did at the inauguration, for the 25May Pact; CBA/Cordoba is quite riddled with wild dogs, and i've had to kick my fair share. CABA in the touristy/nice areas is actually nice, without having to be on-guard against perros callejeros all the time. i guess in this sense, BsAs is different from the rest of Latin America, without the omnipresent wild dog pack barking and scaring you. and pepper spray is illegal in Argentina, which is annoying because it's nice to have when walking my dog

 

[Sunny]

yeah, i actually started planning my BsAs trip after Milei won (i'm a History/Economics student, and a Libertarian for most of my adult life)

That explains it!
But did you make the decision to leave the US before 2023?

 

[StatusNomadicus]

before 2023

i've wanted a second passport since i first started reading Sovereign Man reports, and following Doug Casey (International Man), around 2012 or so. my hope for the USA has been declining, although i think the Free State Project in NH could be cool, or a Texas/Texit secession. but after seeing the COVID lockdown hysteria, i think 75% of people are just too influenced by the TV Man, and the next stock market/housing/commercial real estate/economy crash is going to be worse than 2008. and the resulting federal government expansion will make me happy i'm not living there.

the goal is to get all assets in crypto and renounce US citizenship once i have a second passport. but these things take time (would be much easier if you want to have a baby in another country, or get married to a citizen)

if you've been following Roger Ver's renunciation and arrest, you know all of this is quite risky...lay low! and don't travel through Spain if you think the IRS is after you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785522752423694523

 

[Larry]

i've wanted a second passport since i first started reading Sovereign Man reports, and following Doug Casey (International Man), around 2012 or so. my hope for the USA has been declining, although i think the Free State Project in NH could be cool, or a Texas/Texit secession. but after seeing the COVID lockdown hysteria, i think 75% of people are just too influenced by the TV Man, and the next stock market/housing/commercial real estate/economy crash is going to be worse than 2008. and the resulting federal government expansion will make me happy i'm not living there.

the goal is to get all assets in crypto and renounce US citizenship once i have a second passport. but these things take time (would be much easier if you want to have a baby in another country, or get married to a citizen)

if you've been following Roger Ver's renunciation and arrest, you know all of this is quite risky...lay low! and don't travel through Spain if you think the IRS is after you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785522752423694523

I don't know the laws of the USA when renouncing but it seems like these guys really were evading taxes. So isn't it rightly so that they get arrested? I am reading online about many people that want to get a 2nd passport to pay no taxes and renounce citizenship but most of these people sound very poor with no assets to begin with. What am I missing?

 

[Jenn]

The blue dollar and also MEP look like they are going up so this is going in the right direction. I hope by the time I come in July it is much higher.

 

[Sunny]

I hope by the time I come in July it is much higher.

I hope that when you come in July the dollar is at a rate that benefits Argentina and Argentines.

 

[Billy Goat]

I hope that when you come in July the dollar is at a rate that benefits Argentina and Argentines.

Yes hopefully this is the case.

 

[Digital Nomad]

I hope that when you come in July the dollar is at a rate that benefits Argentina and Argentines.

But @Sunny do you root more for a stronger blue dollar? I would think no matter what, anyone living on a fixed income would secretly be wishing for a very strong blue dollar. Yes?

 

[Vince]

But @Sunny do you root more for a stronger blue dollar? I would think no matter what, anyone living on a fixed income would secretly be wishing for a very strong blue dollar. Yes?

At least in my situation I do want to see things in Argentina improve but I do want to see a stronger blue dollar. Many feel like the peso is artificially too strong. I am hoping to see a blue dollar around 1,500 pesos to $1 US.