MFP Commentary:
Welcome to criminal thugs, in blue, running your life and calling themselves “government”.
~MFP
We live in a Deliverance nation. If the government wants your money, they’ll take your money – simple as that.
Rustem Kazazi, 64, was recently relieved of his life savings – $58,100 – by the US Customs and Border Protection “service.” The money was found in his possession – and that was enough to take it from him, without so much as a traffic violation alleged.
Kazazi was traveling by air to his native Albania and – stupidly, but not illegally – brought the cash with him to the airport, intending to use it to buy a retirement home on the Adriatic coast. He packed the money in neat bundles, put it in his carry-on luggage. During his “screening” by the Heimat Sicherheitsdeinst – Homeland Security, rendered in the appropriate German – the money was found and that was all it took to take it.
No charges were filed against Kazazi – and he’s never been convicted of anything. But his money’s gone…… Read More