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All trips out of Britain are to be recorded on a massive new security database - along with personal details of every business traveller and holidaymaker.  People planning a journey abroad will have to submit their exact travel plans along with details of their passports, home addresses, email addresses, and even credit cards.  Civil liberties groups voiced alarm at the scale of the new system - called 'e-borders' - which is aimed at tightening Britain's perimeters and countering terrorism.  Anyone who does not comply will face the risk of criminal prosecution and fines of up to Â£5,000.  The rules will apply to all journeys that involve leaving the UK, whether by air, sea or Channel Tunnel, regardless of how brief the trip. 



If you are planning to leave the States and live abroad, then do not delay.  When people described the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union, one of the social realities most cited was how damned difficult it was to get permission/paperwork to travel abroad.  It is already difficult to impossible for many Americans to travel because of recent restrictions -- e.g. a close friend can no longer visit us in Canada until he pays the blood money and files the paperwork necessary to clear a DUI from his record; he has already been denied entry once. 



Others cannot get passports because the "privilege" to travel has been tied to being current on child support payments. 



Your ability to leave the United States is slowly but surely being throttled.  Of secondary importance -- but a close second -- is the ability to take your wealth outside the country.  Obama seems bound-and-determined to soak "the rich"...with richness being defined as an individual making $200,000+ and a couple making $250,000+.  In response to Obama's intention to tax corporations (especially oil and gas ones), there has already been a flood of corporate relocations to Switzerland where taxes are lower and there is a perceived safety from the American government. ( 



If you want a foreign bank account, open it now.  If you need to transfer money, do it soon.  If you don't get your ass out of the States, at least get your assets out.  Back to category overview Back to news overview Older News Newer News



Printer Friendly Wendy McElroy - Sunday 15 March 2009 - 18:12:41 - Permalink An indication of where American policy is heading... Indeed, one of the most valuable aspects of following news from the UK is that so many of its laws and policies hop across the pond...sometimes quickly, sometimes in a few years. A headline from the Daily Mail (03/14) : "Big Brother to spy on your holidays as security database is set up to log all trips abroad. "If you are planning to leave the States and live abroad, then do not delay.  When people described the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union, one of the social realities most cited was how damned difficult it was to get permission/paperwork to travel abroad.  It is already difficult to impossible for many Americans to travel because of recent restrictions -- e.g. a close friend can no longer visit us in Canada until he pays the blood money and files the paperwork necessary to clear a DUI from his record; he has already been denied entry once. Others cannot get passports because the "privilege" to travel has been tied to being current on child support payments.  The Passport Denial Program states, "part of the Federal Offset Program, [the Denial Program] is designed to help states enforce delinquent child support obligations.  Under the program, noncustodial parents certified by a state as having arrearages exceeding $2,500 are submitted by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to the Department of State (DoS), which denies them U.S. passports upon application or the use of a passport service. "Your ability to leave the United States is slowly but surely being throttled.  Of secondary importance -- but a close second -- is the ability to take your wealth outside the country.  Obama seems bound-and-determined to soak "the rich"...with richness being defined as an individual making $200,000+ and a couple making $250,000+.  In response to Obama's intention to tax corporations (especially oil and gas ones), there has already been a flood of corporate relocations to Switzerland where taxes are lower and there is a perceived safety from the American government. (  See article , â€œCorporations head to low-tax Switzerland; Escape Obamaâ€™s tax-seeking administrationâ€.) When "the rich" start leaving, how long do you think it will be before it becomes illegal to transfer funds outside the States without alerting the feds that you're doing so...which, of course, means they will take 'their' thick slice?  Or ban the transaction altogether.  And, yes, I know there are already restrictions...but I'm talking about a full-frontal clamp down. If you want a foreign bank account, open it now.  If you need to transfer money, do it soon.  If you don't get your ass out of the States, at least get your assets out.