Posted on 02/10/2016 1:59:12 PM PST by drewh
Yeppers. Every Mexican in this country sends money back to Mexico. Every one of them!
A billion here, a billion or two there...
Pretty soon it adds up to something real (like a wall.)
Here is another case where they all scream, “How can he say that!” and then come around to “He’s right!”
Drug lords would start a money delivery service and cut out WU.
That’s just the remittances.
How about the profits on drug running? Which, incidentally, the Mexican government has always shared.
This thought has crossed my mind many times.
We absolutely can make them pay for the wall.
Taxing 25 billion a year that is sent back to Mexico would be easy pickings.
Americans are largely unaware of the vast global economy they maintain via remittances. Roughly a quarter of a trillion dollars is sent in to the global economy every year— this is what we are directly aware of.
For many nations, including Mexico, remittances from the US are the number one economic input.
This is why it is rather absurd to pretend America is not exceptional. We fund a huge number of global economies.
We can demand cooperation on this vast enterprise or we can tax it or even shut it down. We easily have power over remittances.
Where there’s a “will”, there’s a “way” ..... the problem is that there has been no political will to anything about an issue that is hurting American citizens. Politics & power, not what is best for America, has been the rule for a long, long time now .... and the establishment types wonder why we’re mad.
Change the color of the paper money.
Likely that the drug industry is Mexico’s largest money maker. Isn’t Mexico now the largest illegal drug economy in the world? If it weren’t for the drug trade Mexico would be a dying country with an astounding negative growth rate.
I never doubted for one millisecond that this was possible. Like everything in service of the public weal, all that is needed? Political will.
Duh.
What I’ve been saying for months. A 50% surcharge on remittances to Mexico - much more constitutional than the income tax, and would help to depress the incentives for them to come here in the first place.
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Just a threat of tariffs on Mexico manufactured goods flowing tax free in US, would make Mexico cough up money instantly to build the wall.
Trump is right again!
Just a threat of tariffs on Mexico manufactured goods flowing tax free in US, would make Mexico cough up money instantly to build the wall.
Trump is right again!
Pussy cat, Pussy Galore, Pussy Footing are OK. Just no P*ssy Ted. ;-)
WOW I had NEVER thought of this aspect!!! Western Union and check cashing places are wall to wall in CA. !!!!!!!!
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