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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (165649)	6/3/2002 2:58:47 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Hi Jim, RE: "I'm yet to see how tightening up a few things at the border is taking away my rights..." The gov't has imposed a 30-day limit for visits. It's a hassle for businesses with an international presence. Wire transfers have become a tad harder too since 9/11 (but that's perfectly okay - in fact, I'm glad.) But due to terrorism, Property/Asset Insurance rates for all companies, bridges, you name it, have gone up approximately 100%, very costly. And that's not okay. That eats into corporate profits. It's money away from investors and into the insurance industry. One bridge doesn't even have insurance because of this increase. I believe the cost of terrorism could be possibly more than 100B: the cost of the lives of 2.6k people is more than what money could ever mean, the cost to their families, the cost of the WTC buildings, costs of overtime for officers in 18,000 districts, the cost of war, the extra fuel, the planes, maintenance, labor, the Boeing contract, Raytheon, communication costs, the cost of the fighter planes over 25+ cities, the cost of the guards at the airport and on the planes (75k salaries), the cost of 900+ additional agents per year, the cost the airlines being shut down and then operating at 10% less capacity, possibly 100% increase in prop asset insurance for every business in the USA, the extra costs in testing water (bottled water is tested nearly every minute nowadays), the cost of the lab for smallpox, and probably many more hidden costs, etc. (Side note: due to Enron et al, DBL Insurance has gone up by a lot too.) But I think having basic software at the border that checks for known terrorists is okay. And having a software database that enables agents to check each other's reports is a good idea. Regards, Amy J