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Originally posted by Rodeo
In totalitarian countries, the government does what it wants to individuals. If the individauls "do nothing wrong," they have nothing to worry about, as Sammy said.
In free countries, that's not the case.
Quite the opposite.
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1. Fastpat is still wrong. It is not illegal to carry large sums of money in the US. There is NO LAW that says "It is illegal to carry large sums," or "you have to disclose to the government that you are carrying large sums of money in your pocket while walking around in the US" (i.e., I'm not talking about bringing money in from another country).
The crime of "carrying large sums of money while walking around in the U.S." simply does not exist. Because it is not illegal to do so.
2. Even Fastpat's frothing buddies here won't support him on his ridiculous statement. Not one.
3. Not sure where the "totalitarian" stuff is coming from. This is a thread about having to disclose it when you bring more than $10K INTERNATIONALLY into the U.S. (that means bringing it in FROM another COUNTRY, in case ya didn't know).
People find that to be some kind of U.S. totalitarian plot?!? Wow, get a grip. You must not travel much. Check out a customs form for Mexico. Or that perfect nation, Canada. Yep, you have to disclose if you are bringing in large amounts of currency (i.e., $5-10K or so) into either of those great nations.
Heck, even when I went to that paragon of Euro virtue and freedom, France, I noticed that I had to disclose if I had more than something like $7500 in currency. Sacre bleu! FRANCE! They even made me disclose if I had more than a quarter liter of eau de toilettes. Damn fascists.