Have Gun - Will Carry
Regular Member
Last I checked.... slaves weren't allowed to leave the plantation.
Last I checked we can walk across the border for free of charge. Or get crazy and buy a plane/boat ticket and go across the pond. Rescind your citizenship and be tax free.
Then apparently you haven't checked in quite a while, Primus. When I was younger I walked (and drove) across the border free of charge several times, but no longer - now our illustrious government REQUIRES us to pay for the privilege of leaving the country. (Technically a passport is required to reenter the country, not to leave it - but I understand the border guards won't allow you to cross into another country without one...)
Citizens shouldn't be forced to pay to acquire a document such as this simply to leave the country - I feel it is ridiculous, invasive, and unwarranted! It's not slavery, but it doesn't exactly look like freedom either... Back when it was voluntary, I had no problem with passports - but I also never had a need for one, since it wasn't required to enter/leave Canada and Mexico.
Now granted, since this went into effect I haven't had a good enough reason to leave the United States - but once a sufficient reason presents itself (wife wants to vacation in Jamaica or the Bahamas), apparently I will need to reconsider my convictions.