U.S. May Charge Visitors from Europe $10 Entry Fee

[lib2DaBone]

EU warns on proposed US travel fees http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_go_co/us_us_eu_travel_fees_1

WASHINGTON – The European Union is strongly criticizing a congressional proposal to charge a $10 fee to some visitors to the United States and suggesting it may carry a price for U.S. travelers.

If it passes, the EU says, some U.S. travelers to Europe could face retaliation.

The fee now under consideration in Congress would finance a new U.S. program to promote travel, a burden that the EU believes Americans should bear.

"Only in `Alice in Wonderland' could a penalty be seen as promoting the activity on which it is imposed," the European Commission's Ambassador to Washington, John Bruton, said in a statement Friday
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Better yet.. here's an idea for the rocket scientists in CONgress... Get rid of the TSA Goons at the airports and stop the i~police (err.. I mean Customs) from snooping on laptops and cell phones.

[flor de jasmim]

1. Collect a travel tax to promote travel?!

It won't promote travel to the U.S. and it won't promote good will towards Americans when they travel abroad.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. We should take $10 off instead.

[jberryhill]

3. The good part is

For that ten bucks, they get a book of valuable coupons and can go on all the rides for free.