Tracking Everyone: Hunting for Money on Trains and in the Air, by Martin
Armstrong, 8/12/16
We have
certainly embarked down the road of a police state. Federal agencies are
tracking people who travel on trains and in the air. If someone buys a ticket
for cash, the government is notified. They are looking for the slightest thing.
I went to the airport to pick up a friend who comes over to the States maybe
four times a year. I ended up waiting for nearly three hours. They took my
friend and searched everything. The agent then handed them to someone else and
said, “See if you can find something! I found nothing.” Finally, they
escorted my friend out and then began interrogating me by saying that frequent
trips set off a “red flag” and then asked what I did simply because I was there
to pick them up. I am not easily intimidated and can hold my ground. So they
backed off and released them.
I was flying
back to the States from Europe over the July Fourth holiday. My ticket was originally
booked for JFK in New York. I then remembered the traffic would be horrific so
I switched to Philadelphia. When I landed, I was met by two IRS
agents. Apparently, there was sting they set up at JFK looking for
Americans coming home for holidays who do not pay taxes here. I said, “You can
check. I pay my taxes here and do not live overseas.” That was not good enough.
They thought I was tipped off to their sting in NYC, so they sent two agents to
intercept me in Philadelphia simply because I switched planes.
I took the
train from Brussels to London after meetings with the government so I was
dressed in a suit and tie. Everyone else on the train were tourists.
I was the only one called aside by British customs. They asked how much money I
had on me. I showed them my US passport. That was NOT enough. They wanted to
see my ticket, where I bought it, and how I paid. I showed them that I bought
the ticket in Brussels, was returning to Brussels, had meetings in Paris, and
would fly home from Frankfurt.
When I returned
from our Berlin Conference last year, I dressed casually in jeans,
thinking that might help. But traveling alone, I was again singled out. Once
more, US Customs wanted to know how much cash I had on me.
The hunt for
money is getting really bad. You cannot travel on a train in Europe without
them looking for money. In Italy, they confiscated a stack of bonds from a
passenger on a train to Switzerland. A staff member left Switzerland on the
train for a meeting in Lichtenstein, which goes through France. The train was
stopped in France and police searched bags looking for cash.
In the USA, now
even the DEA is
searching all travel records on trains and in the air. They target people who
buy one-way tickets or pay cash for a ticket.
We should just
legalize drugs and that would end the crime and the confiscation of citizens.
Now everyone is a suspect for the slightest thing and they claim it is drug or
terrorist related.
Categories: The Hunt for Taxes Tags: Taxes, Travel, TSA Public Sectors are Devouering the Private Sector
Comments
I’ve
heard many stories from immigrants fleeing their home countries with money sewn
in the clothing, because removing money was against the law. Is the US government now paranoid that US
citizens will take their money and run?
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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