And GET THIS!
“The measures . . . are even harder than they were under the previous (US) government’’
Oh, that is SOME CHANGE, Obama!!!!!
Please, STAY AWAY, world!
DO NOT COME HERE!
Make BUSINESS SCREAM and BLEED and MAYBE they will BLOW the WHISTLE on the TYRANNY based on such UNHOLY LIES!!!!!!
"US official defends $10 travel fee" by Associated Press | November 7, 2009
Hey, we are BANKRUPT!!!
The government needs ALL the $$$$ it can GET (to shovel at corporations, war-looters, and banks).
BRUSSELS - European lawmakers yesterday demanded that US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ease restrictions for Europeans traveling to the United States, saying plans to impose a $10 (euro6.73) entry fee are unfair.
Citizens from many European Union countries have to fill out an online visa waiver form before they travel to the United States, but could face an additional charge when they arrive, which many EU officials fear amounts to a new visa restriction.
“The measures . . . are even harder than they were under the previous (US) government and that for us is a contradiction that we in the European Parliament cannot accept,’’ Austrian lawmaker Ernst Strasser told Napolitano during a special hearing with her. “We really have to insist on our European values, that European data protection laws and European civil liberties also have to be taken account of.’’
We insist on things here in America and are blown off.
Dutch lawmaker Sophie in’t Veld urged Napolitano to review a antiterrorism pact between the European Union and the United States which sees the transfer of data collected on trans-Atlantic air passengers to US authorities to make sure the data is not being misused.
Many EU lawmakers also urged Napolitano to persuade Congress and President Obama to ditch the planned $10 fee....
Napolitano.... rejected calls to drop the new fee, which Congress passed in September, but still has to be signed by Obama.
Maybe he could issue a signing statement, hmm?
“Unlike many of your countries, the United States does not have a separate agency to promote tourism and travel, and so the goal of this is to use that to actually fund and help tourists and travelers who wish to come to the United States,’’ Napolitano said.
WTF is she talking about?
The United States began requiring people who do not need visas to enter America to register online at least 72 hours before travel and to renew their registration every two years.
What if you have to leave right away because of an emergency?
It happens, you know?!
Under the proposed plan, visitors would have to pay the $10 fee when they register.
SAVE YOURSELF $10, travelers!
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!
ANYWHERE but AmeriKa!!!
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