Boy have times changed!
Posted on 10/23/2019 5:37:14 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
I see names like this and all I can think of is those forms at the DMV or Customs or credit car applications that have you fill out your name in those little boxes. I just assume people like this can never have a drivers license or a credit car, or anything that requires them to fill out a form like those.
Thousands? Wow!
In 1849, a man named Otto Tank, a Norwegian who made an immense sum in the Gold mines of the Dutch colony of Surinam came to America from Europe in 1849 with 1.5 million in gold. He was an enthusiastic convert to the Moravian denomination and used the money to set up a farming community in WI for Moravian settlers.
Which proves the point that people really can’t transfer money like they used to across national boundaries. Criminalizing carrying thousands of dollars in currency across boundaries is ludicrous but unfortunately the public has been conditioned to accept this.
Poor Otto would’ve got a life sentence for doing that today especially if you convert 1.5 million in 1849 to today.
Pretty much why I avoid US airlines whenever possible - and this bunch...wow, just shows how strong unions are at keeping people employed.
Are they doing the smuggling Americans won’t do?
You are absolutely right!
Regards,
She knew the Wright brothers!
Unfortunately, TWA was gobbled up by American Airlines.
Yep.
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