sharx35 wrote:
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> > luxury hotel can afford a 50% tax, those who can afford a luxury car can
> > afford a higher tax rate. Besides, it is not a major expense for a lot of
> > us to travel across the border. If I want to go skiing, it is a lot closer
> > to western NY ski areas than it is to comparable resorts in southern
> > Ontario. I am only 15 minutes from the border. A lot of Canadians live
> > within a one hour drive of the border, probably more than 50%. and there
> > has always been a lot of cross boarder traffic among the local people.
> >
> > But now the government wants to make it look like they are doing something
> > about the border. So they want everyone to have a passport, just like the
> > 9/11 hijackers had. A lot of value they were in identifying terrorists.
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> You have sh*t for brains. Many travellers spend more on accommodation for
> ONE NIGHT than the cost of a passport. FOAD.
Many do. So what? These are land borders, not airports and marine
terminals. Most of the border traffic are local people going back and forth
to work or shopping.
I am 15 minutes from the border. I sometimes go shopping over the border,
or go over for dinner and a few drinks. Between the cost of the passport,
itself, getting passport photos, all the running around, and the time it
takes to get them back...... more than $200 and all that time.... forget
about going over for dinner or a movie. It's too much hassle.
tell you what.... if I should ever convert to Islam and decide to do
Allah's will and carry out an attack on the Great Satan to the south, I
will make sure to get my passport. |