"He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
So when people say how could you be against gun registration? a waiting period? background checks? why the government would never abuse those powers ... would they?
Every time I have been thru the airport I always had at least $3000 cash in my pocket, the one guy asked me what it was and I told him it was Pocket Change, they never said another word.
Trump! Sound like a need for an executive order to the FBI /DEA folks who can’t get a clue about due process. This ought to be fireable offense and the office head should have to personally return the monehy with an apology and a settlement for costs incurred due to the inconvenience.
Just drive. I hate the commercial airline business. I love planes and flying but the regulations are unacceptable to me. Has anyone brought a money stolen by government regulations at airports, to the Supreme Court? When has legal tender become illegal?
Private persons should NOT be responsible for any aspect of reporting large cash transactions. Nor should they in any way be held accountable for taking steps to avoid reporting of same.
It is frankly not a delegated power of the federal government to busy body itself with who has how much cash nor should it be u der the preview of local governments.
(Actually, we should require the States to pay with nothing except gold and silver coin at the Constitution flatly requires ... it does not matter if they call federal reserve notes money, they are not gold or silver coin and are not lawful for the States to discharge their obligations with)
Cash is necessary to Liberty.
12K of cash and not being to be able to show where you got it from, like a bank receipt, looks pretty suspicious.
If not drugs then tax evasion.
Then drive!
New York needs the money, and Law Enforcement Officials need to violate people’s rights (rather than protect them). It’s who they are, it’s what they do.
What is this “cash” they speak of?
Isn’t that the stuff that our government prints copiously to pretend that we have wealth?
A friend stashed 80K in a pair if pantyhose tied around his waist to buy an antique car in Texas. Worked fine.
Government: “Hello! Look, I’ve printed up all of this nice green currency for you! You can use it to pay all debts public and private. I think you’ll find it very useful.”
Citizen: “Thanks! I’ll put it right here in my pocket in case I need it.”
Government: “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You can’t do that! I’m taking it back.”
There are other ways to fight crime and terrorism without giving up one's freedoms.
I have a positive story (to counteract many negative experiences I’ve had).
We were moving from SoCal to central NYS, so leaving out of LAX. Since we were moving, we both had quite a lot of cash, not to mention important documents, with us. We got to the gate and I realized I didn’t have my purse. I ran back to security ... and there was my purse just sitting there at the end of the belt. It must’ve been 15 minutes. (Thank You, God!)
Bee Ess! Drug money is just an excuse. They take it because they think they can get away with it. And, all too often, they do because it is costly to fight back.
How about carrying a bank withdrawal receipt with you?
There’s a limit allowed on airplanes and 12,000 is beyond that limit.
What happened with the guy and the $12k taken at the airport? Did he get it back?
A wise man once said...
"Don't think twice, it's alright"
Most paper currency in the United States has come into contact with drugs, research has shown.
I recall seeing an article several years ago where they tested packs of brand new bills straight from the Fed, and they had cocaine residue on them. The residue allegedly gets on the bills when they are run through counting machines. This may well be true, but is also why drug dogs 'alerting' on cash should be absolutely inadmissible in court.
Of course, incidents like that described in the article rarely make it to court because it is often more expensive to pursue the case to get your money back, than the value of the money in question. Feds, on the other hand, have effectively unlimited budgets, and are more greedy than the most depraved pirates of old.