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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: SeekAndFind
"during its history has often felt bullied and threatened by its wealthier, more powerful neighbor"

If sneak into a neighbor's house and pretend you have a right to be there, you deserve to be bullied.
21 posted on 01/26/2017 12:57:02 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: plain talk

That’s the point: Buy American. That slogan has been around for quite a while. We all know it will cost more but that’s the way it is.


22 posted on 01/26/2017 12:57:13 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

True, but this is all just negotiating Kabuki.
Heck, with our breathless media the wall may be paid for from extra popcorn sales.


23 posted on 01/26/2017 12:57:24 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: brucedickinson

Or that skunk whizz they call beer.


24 posted on 01/26/2017 12:58:07 PM PST by kaktuskid (And)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And just maybe some of those American companies that moved their plants to Mexico will eventually come back. And some of those 96 million Americans not counted as unemployed but unemployed nonetheless will get jobs.


25 posted on 01/26/2017 12:59:03 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: SeekAndFind
I predict a note from Nieto.....

President Trump...Let's talk about this...Your friend...

26 posted on 01/26/2017 12:59:05 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: BuffaloJack

Love it!


27 posted on 01/26/2017 1:00:03 PM PST by magna carta
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To: plain talk

I already pay more for everything, willingly. I will not buy anything manufactured or grown in Mexico or China.


28 posted on 01/26/2017 1:00:28 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: SeekAndFind

Still, the “Remittance” scam has to be tackled. Some of it is legal but it should all be interrupted while the transactions are reviewed. Illegal transfers expose the looter as well as the employer or detect that the person is collecting social service money and sending it out. A halt while reviewing will send shockwaves.


29 posted on 01/26/2017 1:01:07 PM PST by n230099 ("When no one knows who is armed...everyone is.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Avocados will be more expensive but I am willing to sacrifice


30 posted on 01/26/2017 1:01:28 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: SeekAndFind

Did Spicer have a briefing today? I can’t find one.


31 posted on 01/26/2017 1:03:36 PM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: brucedickinson

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.


32 posted on 01/26/2017 1:03:46 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So this is the US paying for the wall, but at the same time, giving HUGE incentives for companies to re-patriot their factories back to the United States.

But then again, this is, of course, is yet another step in the negotiation. We’ll see how it evolves.


33 posted on 01/26/2017 1:03:53 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Duchess47

well bless your heart.


34 posted on 01/26/2017 1:04:30 PM PST by plain talk
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To: McGavin999

I will drink 20 percent less tequila.

God Bless America.


35 posted on 01/26/2017 1:04:52 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: SeekAndFind
Mexicans view a wall across the 2,000-mile border as a symbolic affront...

That's not true!...... It's a physical affront..................

36 posted on 01/26/2017 1:05:28 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: over3Owithabrain

I will eat 20% less guacamole..................


37 posted on 01/26/2017 1:06:10 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: kingu
So this is the US consumer that chooses to buy imported Mexican products paying for the wall

Fixed.

38 posted on 01/26/2017 1:06:53 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BuffaloJack

This would be the easier way to pay for the wall instead of an import tax. This would also lead to illegals heading home when they realize the gravy train ride is over.


39 posted on 01/26/2017 1:11:35 PM PST by sarge83
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To: aquila48

You’re thinking too small. President Trump just launched an all out trade war with Mexico.


40 posted on 01/26/2017 1:12:27 PM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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