Posted on 08/23/2010 8:34:48 AM PDT by conimbricenses
As of September 8, travellers from countries in the US visa waiver programme will nevertheless have to hand over $14 (SFr14.6) to be allowed into the country.
The new entry fee is made up of $10 for “travel promotion” and $4 for administrative costs.
The remaining $10 of the fee will go towards a semi-public promotion fund that was created under the Travel Promotion Act signed into law in March this year. The act aims to boost the US tourist industry, which has been in decline since 2000. The fund will be used to help the industry recover.
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This is Obamunism absurdity at its finest!
A perfect analogy of liberalism
How about extending that fee to anyone crossing out borders . . . tourist or “unwelcome”?
Except for the latter, I’d think that $4 is a bit too low for “administration”
Trying to collect that from our “unwelcome” visitors reminds me of the scene in “Blazing Saddles” where the bad guys’ progress is frustrated by a single toll gate in the middle of the desert.
Juan, someone needs to go back and get a blank load of pesos.
I think this guy already believes he’s the king of the world. Now he’s taxing people who ain’t even citizens. Except for Mexicans.
Fly into France for free - go through customs free.
But you want to fly home? Well, that’s gonna cost you ~#$35 per person. I don’t mind, there is a cost for France to hire Customs agents, and inspections and security cost money. So, if France wants to charge $35/person for tourism - I see no problem with the USA charging $10.
The days of flying into foreign countries without a cost is gone. Take a cruise sometime; there is a ‘Port tax’ for the ship to dock, and this cost is added to your ticket. Everytime you step off the ship, Mexico, Belize, Jamacia, Grand Cayman, Bahamas or someone gets a couple bucks.
Why are we taxpayers picking up the bill for people who want to come into our country?
I assume they will collect the 10 bucks at the border from illegals?.....
I think you’re missing the point. It’s not whether we should tax foreign tourists - it’s the idiocy of taxing them to fund a government program to promote tourism to them.
Probably a slush fund of some type.
FFFUUUBBBOOO, piss be upon you.
THAT was my thought.....but the “coyotes” have got them out maneuvered, I think!
I’m gonna get an earful when my foreign inlaws visit.
The US is the MOST demonically racist and socially toxic environment on the face of the earth, and so much so that the current PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES made a contrite world tour apologizing left right and center for our transgressions and NEVER overlooks an opportunity to publically and dramatically prefer ALL OTHER cultures over our own.... yet he encourages foreigners to vacation here AND will stiff them $10 a pop for the right to do what they have done for decades and were going to continue doing anyway??????????????????????????????
But illegal aliens can come in free and collect tax dollar benefits.
Scotty Beam Me UP!
Lol!
There are already calls for the EU countries to start charging Americans for entering their countries.
It all makes perfect sense to those who believe government is the solution to every problem. That every problem, issue, concern, poor human judgment, behavior and a lack of planning or foresight can be improved or corrected with more government and rules.
It’s bad enough the “administrative costs” are 28.5% of the take ($4 a person, just to take a fee? The local $2/show movie theater could show them how to do it for a little less), but the reason my friends overseas tend to vacation in other countries is because of the insanity that has become our nation’s entry system.
Going through arguably the strictest immigration in the world (Israel) is a dream and even China and Singapore (both rather strict with their borders) are breezily easy. The US immigration approach is tedious, intrusive, ponderous, and now - apparently - always expensive.
Knowing the CBP, you’ll have to have exact change, and no an ATM won’t be available for you...
A good friend of ours in Chile was recently denied a tourist Visa after a humiliating “interview” at the US Embassy in Santiago.
Cost him US$110 to be subject to an inquisition and denied a tourist visa.
And 0bambi wants to add $10 more to this burden?
The State Dept. routinely gives visas of all kinds to MoHamHead killers-in-waiting, even while they have a bomb in their pants, even after a relative has warned the embassy not to grant the visa.
And our friend can’t come here for a visit from Chile.
How many Chileans have flown airplanes into skyscrapers, or blown themselves up in markets, or murdered hundreds of school children?
The muzzies get a pass.
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