I cant help but wonder how much money we would make puting a tax on money exports. I bet you we could even sell the idea to the Democrats as fighting money being sent overseas.
the numbers I heard regarding the total dollars wired to Mexico ..South and Central America...were staggering. U cant offhand quote the numbers but I imagine that Western Union has made a FEW dollars processing those transfers.
ah here we are:
Remittances flows to Latin America and the Caribbean remain stable at $61bn
http://www.iadb.org/en/news/news-releases/2013-04-29/2012-latin-america-remittance-flows,10432.html
that figure is from 2012
A small tax...[ fat chance] on 61 Billion Dollars should by a few cups of coffee