Guess what? Mexico’s paying.
Not only are they going to pay but they’re going to enforce their side of the Wall.
Ya can see Trump’s balls from space.......I stole that line from a fellower FReeper...
Take a small percentage of what money? The U.S. doesn’t trade with Mexico, U.S. companies do. Any benefits from the NAFTA renegotiation will be seen in more business and better profits for U.S. companies due to trade with Mexican companies. Is he saying that he will place a tariff on Mexican imports and use that to pay for the wall?
Canada, USA, Mexico. Think for a moment. Which one doesn’t belong?
My PREZ!
At one point the US depended on Mexico for some oil imports. Right now Canada and the US alone produce over 12 million barrels of oil a day. This combination makes North America north of the Mexican border the largest single crude oil producer on Earth. The US no longer needs Mexican energy.
Canada has a free trade agreement with Chile and imports a lot of agricultural products from there in the winter. The US could easily find another source for Mexican produce. The need for cheap Mexican labor is diminishing by the day and is already politically unpalatable.
The US can do three things about the festering third world shithole on its southern border. It can try to lift Mexico up through trade and investment. It can allow some cheap labor in to the US to ease the strain on Mexico. Or, it can build a wall and let the problem stew on the other side. The first two "solutions" have been tried. They don't work. The only way to stop the southern tier of states from turning into Mexico North is to build a wall, pronto.
Don’t doubt him. Ever!
Politicians are not used to dealing with a shrewd businessman.
It’s like watching a marine in a bar fist fight....LMAO....someone is gonna get their azz wiped and it ain’t gonna be the marine.
The @sshole from the sh*thole Mexico-Vicente Fox—will start ranting again on Twitter. ESAD, Vicente.
We needn’t go that far.All that’s needed is a 25% (or maybe even 33%) tax on all international funds transfers under a certain amount.That would cover 99% of the transfers to Mexico and other Third World cesspools.And at the same time make all transfers over that amount subject to Treasury scrutiny to catch the drug cartels and other crooks.
Mexico will pay for the wall under any circumstance.
It will pay by the cutoff of drug money flowing to it; Fewer drug shipments making it to the US means no corrupt dollars back to Mexico.
It will pay by all the Mexicans that cannot cross the border so easily, many remaining in Mexico to burden their society rather than ours, while many return to Mexico voluntarily because the way back & forth is much harder, further burdening the country rather than ours.
The savings from a virtual end of Illegal immigration will pay many times for the wall. Savings in education, health care, & welfare will be HUGE. Let the Mexicans pay those costs. Money saved is as good as money earned.
Without a “Get out of Mexico Free” card - a porous US border, dissatisfied Mexicans might actually fight to end government corruption & criminal activity, to build a better society, rather than running to Uncle Sugar. This will cost Mexico more than wealth alone.
Patriot note: If the vin of a vehicle starts with the number '3' is was Hecho En Mexico. Tell the salesmen to stuff it up his < pick orifice of choice >.
I was at first skeptical of the “reality TV” Presidency, but I have become convinced that Trump can pull it off. We will never have another one like Trump, so we better enjoy it while it lasts.
Here is a logical start point: If the U.S. provides any type foreign aid to Mexico, start with that......
During he campaign, The President said he would not forewarn the enemy what action the US was going to do. That might be a good idea in matters such as these. - Don’t telegraph you punches - is always a good strategy.
The simplest way to have Mexico pay for the wall is a high tax on remittances sent by immigrants (legal and illegal) to their families in Mexico. No negotiations required.
I have come to believe that the wall must be build on the Mexican side of the border. We need to conquer a strip a mile or so deep on their side of the border. That annexed territory will be under military control and can be secured by the US Army not fettered by the posse comitatus laws
Start with a 25% tax on remittances to anywhere; allow non-Mexicans to file for a rebate of the tax.
Just start taxing tortillas.