Latinos assail money-wiring fees

Home News Tribune Online (New Jersey) ^ | 8/6/2007 | GINA VERGEL

[Malsua]

Hey Pedro, if you don’t like the fees, hoof it down there yourself. While you’re there, stay a bit, like oh, 80 years.

[Liz]

Lurker's step #3 for ending illegal immigration: Slap an immediate 100% Federal excise tax on all wire transfers to Central and South America unless that transfer is going to a bona fide US Embassy where it will be picked up by a bona fide US citizen.

Sounds good to me.

[wrench]

Obtaining cash for selling illegal drugs, obtaining cash for selling illegal labor, samo, samo.

I prefer less gov’t where ever possible, but this invasion from the south has gone too far.

I am for siezing suspect money transfers out of the country and letting the “owners” prove it isn’t from the illegal sale of labor. The gov’t already does this in the WOD, and illegal workers are a far greater threat to our country than drugs.

Ike had the right idea on how to stop the flood from the south.

[Liz]

BUSINESS BRIEFS By AP, BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, NY POST
August 7, 2007

AMEX FINED

Regulators fined two units of American Express Co. $65 million for failing to set up an adequate program to identify and report money laundering, federal officials said.

SOURCE http://www.nypost.com/seven/08072007/business/business_briefs_business_ap__bloomberg__reuters__n_y__post.htm

[Liz]

Not only are illegal aliens unauthorized to work legally in the United States but they are doing so with fraudulent Social Security numbers. Even worse, their work certification such as welding certificates and the like, and their job qualifications, are faked as well. And we wonder why it's hard to maintain our collapsing infrastructures? Rush Limbaugh

ACTION PROJECTS

Elected and appointed public officials on government boards and in state and municipal government offices (education offices, election offices, welfare offices, DMV offices, law enforcement offices, etc) who are enabling illegals, and licensing/registering/etc illegals are, in fact, using tax dollars to aid and abet violations of federal and state laws.

Aiding and abetting illegal activity seriously impairs a government official's ability to be bonded; violating the terms of "bonding" would necessitate expulsion from a government job.

"Bonded" government officials using tax-funded offices to aid and abet illegal activity should be reported as follows:

(A) Every state has a Dept of Insurance, and an insurance fraud unit, that polices the insurance business (and "bonding" companies).

(B) Every state's Atty General's office should have an Insurance Fraud Prosecutor who should be contacted.

Report Employers/Illegal Employees Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement @ 303-371-3841 x 301

Verify SS#/name 1-800-772-6270

Report SS# Fraud 1-800-269-0271

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..Maybe. But they are more likely looking to garner political power to further an agenda. .."

It is shakedown time baby! How about the US government taxing the foreign funds tranfers. That way the US can get back some of the money they have to pay out in benefits to illegals.

[TigersEye]

"There are only 22,700 Bank of America branches nationwide. It's hard for Latinos who live in rural areas or anywhere outside of cities to get to them," she said.

Immigrants are more likely to patronize Western Union because the corporation has the largest number of outlets worldwide, with 305,000, according to TIGRA's figures.

I guess WU could lower its fees and close most of its offices. If they cut their overhead they can cut their fees. Your rural relatives can hoof it. I know that sounds like a regressive thing for a business to do but leftists call it "Progressive." A businessman would just call it DUMB!

[Sue Perkick]

Oh boofreakinhoo. Put it in the mail if you don’t want to pay the fees. It’s a service. It’s not “free” like everything else you get. Either pay the fees, mail it, go home or STFU.