DOJ finds a nut
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.... plenty of people especially Asians DO NOT Trust Banks and use cash when starting new business, moving, purchasing vehicles
TPD
the poor dad
You have morphed from who carries thousands in cash to who carries thousands at the airport AND gets stopped by DEA. When I travel for pleasure, It is not uncommon for me to have $2,000+ in cash. I don't care to put my vacation expenses on a credit card. I have never been stopped at an airport because of cash and had it confiscated. As far as business concerns, I have carried $5k+ in cash to make purchases. There are just some things the government does not need to know about me. So I guess in your eyes I am not normal, but you would not be the only one to think that...and I don't deny it...
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Try not to confine the two premises. These confiscations are not just isolated to airports. I was referring to these things not just restricted to airports, but everywhere, or anywhere people travel.
The taking of large sums of cash from lawful people does not just happen at the airports. There's a thing called legal highway robbery by highwaymen known as 'Police", too. People that have been pulled over such as for speeding, or a tag or brake light out, as the reason for the stop. And when innocent people foolishly allow police, when asked, to search their cars, thinking they "have nothing to hide", and the money found, absent any suspicion of illegal activity, and even with absolutely no criminal charges are ever filed, the money is confiscated. Which is then divvied up between the taking police agency and the federal government. To be spent however they want to spend it. All under the guise of the money possibly being used in the drug trade. And many many many times, the driver doesn't ever get a ticket issued to them for the original reason for being pulled over.
What are you even talking about? When you said, "Who carries that kind of cash on them? People engaged in cash-based illegal activity, that's who." Here you just called everyone that carries large amounts of cash, or has had their money taken/stolen by DEA, or any other law enforcement agency, as partaking in a criminal enterprise. So, in essence, they are the same thing when I said your premise could be construed to also say, "Who carries a concealed firearm with them? People engaged in illegal activity, that's who." Regardless of where such an event took place.
How do the agents know who's carrying a large amount of cash and who isn't? They don't know, until mostly at TSA screenings when people are "flagged" because of a TSA agent seeing the money. Or when coming from overseas and the money is declared on their customs form.
Try not to confine the two premises. These confiscations are not just isolated to airports. I was referring to these things not just restricted to airports, but everywhere, or anywhere people travel.
The taking of large sums of cash from lawful people does not just happen at the airports. There's a thing called legal highway robbery by highwaymen known as 'Police", too. People that have been pulled over such as for speeding, or a tag or brake light out, as the reason for the stop. And when innocent people foolishly allow police, when asked, to search their cars, thinking they "have nothing to hide", and the money found, absent any suspicion of illegal activity, and even with absolutely no criminal charges are ever filed, the money is confiscated. Which is then divvied up between the taking police agency and the federal government. To be spent however they want to spend it. All under the guise of the money possibly being used in the drug trade. And many many many times, the driver doesn't ever get a ticket issued to them for the original reason for being pulled over.
What are you even talking about? When you said, "Who carries that kind of cash on them? People engaged in cash-based illegal activity, that's who." Here you just called everyone that carries large amounts of cash, or has had their money taken/stolen by DEA, or any other law enforcement agency, as partaking in a criminal enterprise. So, in essence, they are the same thing when I said your premise could be construed to also say, "Who carries a concealed firearm with them? People engaged in illegal activity, that's who." Regardless of where such an event took place.
How do the agents know who's carrying a large amount of cash and who isn't? They don't know, until mostly at TSA screenings when people are "flagged" because of a TSA agent seeing the money. Or when coming from overseas and the money is declared on their customs form.
Fine, I'm the only one who doesn't carry large amounts of cash on me at all times. But that still begs the question, how do DEA agents know who's carrying big money? Or do they shake down everyone? So far no one on here has admitted to being stopped by federal agents and had their money taken, yet still are insisting that it "happens all the time".
You say you've never been stopped - why not? If federal agents are just randomly picking people out of a crowd to steal from, why wouldn't they go after you? I've never had them approach me, either, so maybe they somehow knew I don't carry more than $100 cash on me.... But if they can just take everyone's cash, why wouldn't they go after everyone, even the small fry like me? $100 is $100, and you get it for maybe 2 seconds of work.
I am going to suggest that the people who had their cash "confiscated" are on the radar for some reason. I was hoping someone else would put 2 and 2 together and come up with this answer, but....here I am. Alone again, naturally. They aren't innocent cherubs who dint do nuffin, they are known to federal law enforcement because they are already suspected of illegal activity. That's why neither you nor I have ever had DEA up our ass.
Just like when cops pull someone over for some silly reason and "just happen" to smell pot and end up finding drugs or illegal guns. The cops already knew the person had it on them, all they needed was a reason to prove it.
Now we can say people trafficking in drugs or illegal guns is no big deal, and that would be a matter of opinion that could be debated. But saying cops just pull over innocent citizens - your grandpa or some soccer mom - at random to rifle their vehicle and plant drugs and guns on them, or steal whatever cash they happen to have at the airport, seems farfetched.
No, I did not. I said that people engaged in illegal cash-based activity carry large amounts of cash, not that everyone who carries cash is a criminal.
Anyway, this discussion has officially become boring for me. You're right. Cops spend their days grabbing up random people to steal their cash. You're right, you win.
