soupy says

I got my passport today. $67 went to the Department of State. $45 went the Postmaster. $112 total. Do other countries charge this much to be able to leave their shores? After Jan 1, 2008, I don't see how the price of this document won't affect travel to the U.S. and Mexico. I mean, there already is some requirment of wealth to travel overseas (you have to be able to afford a plane ticket, for one thing). But, for those that living along the in the Rio Grande Valley (for example), $112 is mega bucks (hell, for me it is pay for a day and half of work).

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