Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Passports
Effective today, 1/23/2007, if you leave the territorial land of
the United States, you will be required to present a valid
US Passport to reenter the country and sleep in your own bed.....
This is a result of 9/11/2001........
This year it applies to air travel, next year it will apply to
cruise ships and automobiles.....It affects travel to Canada,
Mexico, the Caribbean (except Puerto Rico and other American
territories) and of course the rest of the world......
A passport costs about $97.00, plus picture costs.....And, last
year the US State Department issued 12 million of them......
In 2007, they expect to issue 16 million......
That means the US Government has made approximately
1.2 billion dollars in '06 and expects and additional 1.5 billion
in '07......Has anyone heard about this new "windfall" of
money to our US Treasury Department?.......Pumps
the United States, you will be required to present a valid
US Passport to reenter the country and sleep in your own bed.....
This is a result of 9/11/2001........
This year it applies to air travel, next year it will apply to
cruise ships and automobiles.....It affects travel to Canada,
Mexico, the Caribbean (except Puerto Rico and other American
territories) and of course the rest of the world......
A passport costs about $97.00, plus picture costs.....And, last
year the US State Department issued 12 million of them......
In 2007, they expect to issue 16 million......
That means the US Government has made approximately
1.2 billion dollars in '06 and expects and additional 1.5 billion
in '07......Has anyone heard about this new "windfall" of
money to our US Treasury Department?.......Pumps
# posted by Pumps @ 12:13 PM 
