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a declaration: I will not pass critique on any movie in this one....

Now credit need to be given where it due. While we have been caught up in the all the grief or alternatively the elation depending on your geographic location we have somehow overlooked the revulotion in revenue generation that is about to sweep across the US of A.
consider this.....
The americans ask you to pay the following b4 u can get ur ass in their land.....
1. GRE fees
2. TOEFL fees.
3. Application fees.
4. Visa application fees
just to name a few heads.
add to that the overheads like courier charges, all sorts of fees that u gotta cough up to get all the necessary documentation.

Heres the masterpiece though. The CIA through their large spy network ( I have met a few of their agents ) identify the "pied piper" , so to speak,of every community. Unlike the story though this pied piper is mostly of the other gender. Now they will persuade this piper girl to take her GRE, TOEFL ....so on and so forth till they get her ovr there.......they will grant her a VISA even though she might not have the necessary documentation, she may be viewed as a possible immigrant and other such cases.
U might call it luck I call it exceptional financial acumen.
Now once the piper is in the states what do the rats do?? yes u guessed it........they will try to slowly gnaw their way to the land of the free. They will go through the whole process keep paying through their noses will get admits and will arrive at the consulate gate for the visa. But alas they will be denied. And so they will try again and again since there aint no cap any more.......as u can well imagine it will never stop.
This policy made the american exchequer some $ 31 billion last year and is set to go up...
The US is well on its way to recovery with a little help from the friendly neighbourhood pied piper!!!!!!




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