4 Ways the Government Is Set to Take Your Money

“Persons traveling with more than $10,000 worth of currency or monetary instruments must declare their holdings to Customs and Border Protection under penalty of perjury.”
That’s exactly what it states, in powder blue ink, on the card that airline flight attendants hand to you, before landing at international airports across the U.S. So imagine this…
It’s 3 p.m. (NOTE — Int’l flights from Europe usually land in the afternoon) in Newark Liberty International Airport, and a respectable-looking American woman is returning from a trip to Switzerland. She was visiting Zurich, on business, with a little bit of tourism on the side.
This business-traveler/tourist returnee is a good person, from all appearances. She’s married, with children; has a job; pays taxes; no criminal record; heck, not even a traffic ticket. She’s the nice lady next door, basically. (more)

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