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White House press secretary says border wall will be funded by 20% import tax on Mexican goods
Washington Post ^ | 01/26/2017 | By Joshua Partlow

Posted on 01/26/2017 12:47:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Edited on 01/30/2017 7:57:50 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

MEXICO CITY--President Enrique Pe

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; buildthewall; first100days; importtax; mexico; nafta; nieto; nietotrip; trump45; trumpmexico; trumpwall; trumpwalltax; wall; winning
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To: central_va

>>Americans need to pay for what the globalist did to us.

Oh. That doesn’t sound like “Mexico’s gonna pay for the wall”.

>>I am old school

Blah blah blah. Yeah right Professor, as long as you’re not the one laying under the truck installing a Hecho’d En Mexico starter that costs $130 in stead of the present $100 - With the $30 coming out of the family budget that has to feed your kids and keep the pipes from freezing.

The Shrub clan had lots of “Ancestral” horse shyte in their jackwagon too.

NO SALE.


161 posted on 01/26/2017 6:27:21 PM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: SeekAndFind
But Mexicans expressed shock and dismay as Trump moved to turn his campaign promises into reality.

Yeah, cause they are used to politicians who lie through their teeth to get elected and then renege on every campaign promise they ever made.

Funding for the wall can come from the savings in welfare and food stamps, education and medical care the illegals will not be using as they are deported back home.

162 posted on 01/26/2017 6:32:00 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Grams A

Speaking of strawberries, we were in Scottsdale, Arizona, over the Christmas holidays. First order of business was a trip to Fry’s for groceries. Bought the best strawberries we’ve had in a long time and they were labeled as being from California. Brought a whole bunch of them back to Texas with us. Far superior to the ones we get here which are from Mexico.


“Ah!....the strawberries,..that’s when I had them.”


163 posted on 01/26/2017 6:40:27 PM PST by AFret.
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To: xzins
You can add 6000 in border tax to a 30,000 auto, but that doesn’t mean consumers will choose the 36,000 auto over the 30,000 one.

Unquestionably true.

It also means that you then may not have that $6000 to pay for the wall.

164 posted on 01/26/2017 6:56:09 PM PST by semimojo
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To: dragnet2
Oh gezzz...No, you might pay more, I'll buy American thanks, even if it's a bit more.

Good on you, but what happened to Mexico paying for the wall?

165 posted on 01/26/2017 6:59:47 PM PST by semimojo
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To: Jim 0216
Trump is going after high taxes and regulations. That is good.

Who are you and what have you done with the FReepers??!!??

166 posted on 01/26/2017 7:02:28 PM PST by semimojo
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To: plain talk

Mexican financial transaction taxes seem like a much better idea.

You’re right. It makes them pay instead of us.

I’ll be in the minority here, but I think a low key meeting and a single statement on the tax would have been better than putting this whole thing in the spotlight.

But what do I know :)


167 posted on 01/26/2017 7:12:48 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sadly, California will benefit from increased avocado sales, but I guess I can live with that.


168 posted on 01/26/2017 7:13:52 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: All

Wait! Texas and Florida can get in on the avocado action, too!

*RELIEVED*


169 posted on 01/26/2017 7:14:55 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: gleeaikin

Under Trump semi-employed and low income workers can get better jobs. The point of returning American jobs escapes you.


170 posted on 01/26/2017 7:31:37 PM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: aquila48

“I would prefer a tax on remittances to mexico sent back by the mexicans here.”

That IS the place to hit them but it’s impossible to do it. Even if we pass the necessary banking regs, what do you do about PayPal, bitcoin, money orders or mailing plain old cash. Plus keep in mind those remittances will be reduced accordingly with deportations.


171 posted on 01/26/2017 7:51:24 PM PST by moehoward
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To: moehoward

>>PayPal

My PayPal requires CreditCard/Financial institution linkage. Wall tax would be applied to the electronic processing.

>>money orders

Processed like checks on redemption. Extract the Wall fee on the electronic backend when they cash it. The institutions cashing down South will either learn to tack on the fee or eat it.

>>bitcoin

That’s a bit more of a challenge.

It’d be dependent upon whatever the ability to identify and tax the “property” is:

https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/irs-virtual-currency-guidance


172 posted on 01/26/2017 9:54:21 PM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Americans will pay the bill but Americans will also get the jobs, which is much better and worth the extra cost...so yes hit Mexico with 20 percent....maybe they will learn the cost of doing biz with drug cartels isn’t worth it now....in the era of Trump.


173 posted on 01/27/2017 12:16:35 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: nikos1121

I rather pay 20 percent more knowing that America will replace some of those goods that no longer will come into the USA from cheap mexican labor....and America will produce it here.
Heck, most things produced here instead of in Mexico at first will cost more but with the use of American made robotic and such the prices will go down and the USA will have better hi tech higher paying jobs building bots and repairing them.


174 posted on 01/27/2017 12:21:47 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC

Here is the deal. A running shoe for example costs about $1-2 to make. Making it in China or even Mexico saves about $.50. An entry tariff of even a couple percent of the retail price will end the importation. Most retail products have similar cost structure.

Cell phones, I don’t know about. But, guaranteed, if they can be made by 12 year olds in Thailand, they can make them in Dayton, Ohio.


175 posted on 01/27/2017 12:27:33 AM PST by anton
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To: Jim Robinson

First there was the speed of Sound
then there was the speed of Light
now there is THE SPEED OF TRUMP

20 PERCENT TAX
TAX THE REMITTANCES
TAX Border crossings, Visas
KILL NAFTA....on and on an on.

Pretty soon Mejico might realize the would come out ahead by building the wall themselves.

VIVA TRUMP


176 posted on 01/27/2017 12:29:18 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: kingu

giving HUGE incentives for companies to re-patriot their factories back to the United States.
/////
yes!!!!!


177 posted on 01/27/2017 12:30:30 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Jed Eckert

We grow bigger and better avocados here in Florida. So we’ll just grow more. California grows plenty too.

Since the cartels have their hands in the Mexican avocado trade, good riddance.

“Blood Avocados”: The Dark Side of Your Guacamole
‘’’’’’’’’
Worth Repeating


178 posted on 01/27/2017 12:32:03 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: aquila48

We are already paying MORE that 20 percent extra...with the cost of crime the stress on education the drain on the economy ....we will save alot more that we will pay. 20 percent is a bargain and hey....just by 20 percent less from Mexico.....Making America Great Again won’t be easy.


179 posted on 01/27/2017 12:35:13 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: plain talk

Have you ever negotiated the price of a car? I don’t intend to be glib, but I am surely going to pay too much, if with my first offer, the other guy doesn’t wipe away a tear and talk about my taking food from his children’s mouths. Seems to me that what we have here is that my own sife is scared by the first offer worse than the other guy.


180 posted on 01/27/2017 12:35:43 AM PST by Chaguito
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