[pogo101]

How about a tax on wire transfers to Mexico? $5 per wire plus 1% of the amount. No, make it 3%.

[FredTownWard]

How about a tax on wire transfers to Mexico? $5 per wire plus 1% of the amount. No, make it 3%.

Just keep in mind, pogo101, that whenever you tax something, you create an incentive to avoid paying it. Legal and illegal aliens would soon find another way to send money home, and American money wiring companies would lose business to somebody else.