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[The Great Wall of Whiner]

The United States of America is now charging it's most trusted and closest international friends a fee of 14 dollars to enter the country.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html

These are countries that have no travel restrictions or visa requirements for short periods of time. Trusted friends of the United States like Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and other countries.

Now however, America is holding out their hands with cap in hand and saying "Please gov'na! Help us! Give us money when you come visit us!"

I would never charge my friends an "entry fee" when I invite them into my home. It's a slap in the face to the international community, and insulting.

[stilicho25]

We are broke. We will be selling someone the grand canyon next.

[The Happy Warrior]

Of all the awful things my country has done, I can't get worked up about this.

Its $14, no visa.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Patrick Bateman]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

UrbanMyth, 36 out of 200 or so countries is almost 40/200 which is 20/100, which is about 20% or 1/5th.

I am not sure how you personally define 'international', but you have say...36 widget factory owners from 36 different countries all sitting at a table discussing the price of widgets, then you my friend have an 'international' discussion on the price of widgets.

So, yes, it is not only the international community, but the countries with the closest ties to America.

And to say that countries don't have friends is absurd. When 9/11 happened, a lot of people in Canada mourned, and many firemen and policemen from Canada took time off work to travel to New York and offer whatever assistance they could.

Sounds kinda like something a good friend would do...

[young_clinton]

Next they'll be charging exit fees at the airports. It's a disgrace.

Or even worse maybe they'll become like Indonesia and if you don't have any dollar bills handy at immigration because something happened at the airport and you forgot or haven't had time to hit the money exchange there will be people waiting in uniforms in front of immigration ready to extort you.

Or if you come to the USA all the time they'll pull you aside and ask for a $30 dollar present to enter the country.

What's happening to the basic dignity of the American people? Who the hell wants to come to the USA?

[Patrick Bateman]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

[Fox]

Of the $14 fee, $4 will go towards application costs, and $10 will go towards the promotion of the United States as a tourist destination.

The $4 fee for processing costs seems completely reasonable; if someone wishes to come here, they should be liable for the costs of any application process that exists. The $10 dollars to be used for promoting the United States as a tourist destination, on the other hand, seems undignified. Not evil, or even particularly worth making a fuss over, but somewhat undignified none the less.

[AsiaESLbound]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Captain Corea]

[Konglishman]

This is sad for me as an American to say, but frankly, this is what I would expect of a developing country.

[Hotwire]