CRAZY LIKE A FOX

National Review Online ^ | 30 March 2006 | David Frum

[ChessExpert]

Follow the money: In 2005, Mexicans in the United States remitted some $20 billion home. That's 3% of Mexico's entire national income.

Remittances have surpassed tourism, oil, and the maquiladora assembly industry to emerge as the country's top single source of foreign exchange. ...

[ncountylee]

Cut the remittances and FOX and his elitist pals could get the full Mussolini.

[Mike Darancette]

Follow the money: In 2005, Mexicans in the United States remitted some $20 billion home.

We should tax it .... for the children.

[The Republic is Lost]

We need a 33% departure tax on all funds wired to foreign addresses or removed from the country. It could be a tax credit for American citizens when they file their 1040 tax return.

[nuconvert]

"Today, almost one-fifth of all living Mexican-born people now make their homes in the United States."

Wow

[Howie66]

Remember the Alamo.....Remember Goliad!!

[gotribe]

Remember the Alamo.....Remember Goliad!!

Can you say that en espanol?

[Number57]

Transnational Issues United States Top of Page Disputes - international:

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prolonged drought, population growth, and outmoded practices and infrastructure in the border region strains water-sharing arrangements with Mexico; the US has stepped up efforts to stem nationals from Mexico, Central America, and other parts of the world from crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico; illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, notably Haiti and the Dominican Republic, attempt to enter the US through Florida by sea; 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification; managed maritime boundary disputes with Canada at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; US and Canada seek greater cooperation in monitoring people and commodities crossing the border; The Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island; US has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other state; Marshall Islands claims Wake Island

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

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refugees (country of origin): the United States admitted 52,868 refugees during FY03/04 including: 13,331 (Somalia), 6,000 (Laos), 3,482 (Ukraine), 2,959 (Cuba), 1,787 (Iran); note - 27,239 refugees have been admitted as of 31 May 2005 Illicit drugs:

Definition Field Listing

consumer of cocaine shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean; consumer of heroin, marijuana, and increasingly methamphetamine from Mexico; consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center

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[Eagles6]

Very true. Many forget that we bailed mexico out in the 80's. $500 billion seems to ring a bell. They have natural resources, work force and climate. Why are they the only 3rd world country in north america?

[Howie66]

"Remember the Alamo.....Remember Goliad!!

Can you say that en espanol?"

Nope.

If I wanted to speak Spanish, I'd relocate my intelligent hard-working skilled labor arse to Mexico, only to be tossed into one of their rat-hole prisons for violating their "immigration policies".

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!

REMEMBER GOLIAD!!

[umgud]

These are sent to relatives of Mexicans in the US. I wonder if the Mexican gov't taxes these payments?

[Howie66]

"Many forget that we bailed mexico out in the 80's. $500 billion seems to ring a bell. They have natural resources, work force and climate. Why are they the only 3rd world country in north america?"

I hadn't forgotten the FACT that we (US TAXPAYING SUCKERS) bail Mexico out of the crapper on a daily basis.

They are and will remain a third-world rat hole as long as their LAZY and STUPID citizenry have US as their "safety valve.

The day that we REFUSE to bail their worthless and useless hides out, their citizens will effect the necessary and needed changes in their country.

Until then........

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!

REMEMBER GOLIAD!!

[eeriegeno]

"Today, almost one-fifth of all living Mexican-born people now make their homes in the United States."

And I'm certain that is the cream of the crop, right??????

[DoughtyOne]

Damn right. I'd say a 100% rate ought to just about do it.

[DocRock]

"We need a 33% departure tax on all funds wired to foreign addresses or removed from the country. It could be a tax credit for American citizens when they file their 1040 tax return."

I've been married to a wonderful Australian girl for almost a quarter of a century. Sometimes one of her brothers or her sister need a little financial assistance. When I send some money to help a family member pay the rent, I don't expect it back and I don't feel I should have to pay a 33% "departure tax" on money I have already paid tax on. Even if I get it back after I file my next return, this is not a solution. By the way, my wife is not an "American citizen", so your suggestion would not allow her to be reimbursed for the "fee" to help a family member with the fruit of her labor.

Taxing law abiding citizens of this country to curtail activity by criminals is twisted and immoral. I also am in the gemstone and jewelry business. If we take your recommendation, I would have to recoup those excessive taxes by charging more for the products I import. Think about it. We have no commercial diamond source in this nation. Are you advocating that all diamond rings should be taxed 33% to stop money from being sent out of the country by illegal aliens?

[Tzimisce]

...interesting considering I hear illegals make a nickel an hour...

[Eagles6]

Yep.

[CowboyJay]

"Can you say that en espanol?"

Commemorar el Alamo! Commemorar Goliad! Viva la Republica de Tejas!

[backhoe]

It is my opinion that we are already in WWIV ( WWIII being the Cold War ) and there are two, somewhat interlocking elements to it:

Islam, a Religion of Peace®? ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:

"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:

( PS- my personal prediction? That picture will become one of the most widely distributed, and most hated, pictures on the internet. The Illegal lobby could not have done more damage to themselves with that "Mexican Flag Superior, America in Distress" photograph if they had tried... )

[ConservativeMan55]

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