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Department Of Homeland Security To Scan Payment Cards At Borders And Airports
Forbes ^ | 11/07/12 | Jon Matonis

Posted on 11/11/2012 2:03:57 PM PST by grumpygresh

Enforceability falls to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection both within the Department of Homeland Security, which is already developing advanced handheld card readers that can ascertain whether a traveler is carrying a credit card, debit card, or prepaid card. This differentiation is important because only prepaid card balances will need to be added to declaration report forms.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: customs; homelandsecurity
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The virtual Berlin Wall is tightening in the US.
1 posted on 11/11/2012 2:04:05 PM PST by grumpygresh
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To: grumpygresh

Can’t you just mail a prepaid card? And won’t this annoy illegal aliens who are trying to bring their “earnings” home?


2 posted on 11/11/2012 2:08:12 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: grumpygresh

or shakedown..why bother ...they wont stop illegals


3 posted on 11/11/2012 2:08:56 PM PST by dalebert
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To: Mamzelle

Wrap that rascal in Mylar...


4 posted on 11/11/2012 2:09:09 PM PST by Kozak (The means of defence again.t foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home JM)
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To: grumpygresh

Fedex the card to the hotel at the destination instead?


5 posted on 11/11/2012 2:09:09 PM PST by research99
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To: grumpygresh

How ironic. Remember when there was huge pressure to close the border and Hillary cooked up this B.S. virtual border cr*p for Mexico and finally they ABANDONED it? That was after spending billions, of course..I think they put up signs and established some desert water fountains...sounds made up, right?

Well the one now they’re going to set up against US...? Yes I’m sure it will work and I’m completely sure they’re serious about THAT one.

“He who is kind to the cruel is soon cruel to the kind”.


6 posted on 11/11/2012 2:09:09 PM PST by gaijin
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To: grumpygresh

WTF...next they will want to know the size of my stuff...well they can just (stick) it!


7 posted on 11/11/2012 2:15:03 PM PST by ldish (Give me Freedom and Liberty or let's kick some a**!)
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To: grumpygresh

Isn’t it amazing what they can fix when it comes to citizens, and what they can’t fix when it comes to illegal aliens?

I see no reason whatsoever that it should be the business of the federal government, what I do with MY money.

If I want to take all of my money with me, it’s mine, and it’s none of their business.


8 posted on 11/11/2012 2:15:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and 48 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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Department Of Homeland Security To Scan Payment Cards OF TAXPAYING CITIENS at Borders And Airports

There. Fixed.


9 posted on 11/11/2012 2:17:59 PM PST by Chickensoup
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>>The virtual Berlin Wall is tightening in the US.

They’ve spent 30 years trying to make everything electronic and now its time to start tightening the screws on “virtual you”. This way, you can be “free” to physically wander around, but they can control your access to money now, and food and energy and healthcare later.

It is the mark of the beast.


10 posted on 11/11/2012 2:17:59 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Mamzelle

Illegals don’t need prepaid cards, Bank of America will transfer the money for them, no ID required


12 posted on 11/11/2012 2:20:15 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: grumpygresh

Two words: RFID wallet. Lots of them out there.


13 posted on 11/11/2012 2:23:00 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

I went to lunch the other day with someone who has an alumiwallet. A bit think, but it works.


14 posted on 11/11/2012 2:25:14 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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WTF...next they will want to know the size of my stuff...

If they don't already,they'll know that as soon as you try to board your next flight...............

15 posted on 11/11/2012 2:25:50 PM PST by varon (11-06-2012 dob United Socialist Ghettos of America (USGA))
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To: combat_boots

should be ‘thick’ not ‘think’


16 posted on 11/11/2012 2:26:22 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: research99

I think it is about cards coming into the country. So mail it home wrapeed in Mylar (mylar does work to confound info doesnt it.)

So then the goverment can track mylar sales.


17 posted on 11/11/2012 2:26:27 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: grumpygresh

Pre customs protocol: take 2 or 3 viagra, wait 40 minutes. Put on sheer leotards and cowboy boots. Maybe a cowboy hat.

Before entering the customs check, watch 20 minutes of sloppy delicious porn on a portable player in a phone bank. Get really good and revved up to FULL SALUTE, if ya know what I mean. Bring things around to as they were when you were 14.

Enter the customs area, full salute. Continue impure thoughts.

As you approach the pat down, flare your eye-balls wide like Liberace, and flounce a bit.

GRIN REALLY WIDE.

They’re trying to condition and degrade you a little, right? Why not share the love?


18 posted on 11/11/2012 2:26:45 PM PST by gaijin
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To: F15Eagle

I think that this is the plan. More security, currency collapse, then a new world currency based on a basket of currencies. Timmy the tax cheat said, at on point in 2009, that he was ok with that. Outlaw cash, outlaw gold and we will pretty much be there.


19 posted on 11/11/2012 2:29:31 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot)
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So if I bring a 5K pre paid card to mexico instead of cash for security reasons.... It is subject to confiscation ?


20 posted on 11/11/2012 2:31:40 PM PST by Popman
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