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Almost $25 billion is wired from the US to Mexico every year

Posted on: January 26, 2017 at 09:33:13 CT
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If a 5-10% tax was implemented on those transactions the wall would be paid for before Trump leaves office.

If the tax were kept below 10% most would still pay it because it is much safer than mailing it back or trusting someone else to courier it there for you.
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Did anyone on here go on record saying no wall will be built - SuperTone MU - 1/26 09:20:19
     Sho nuff - raskolnikov MU - 1/26 10:24:03
     I believe I did.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 1/26 10:02:21
     not sure but I'm on record that Mexico won't pay for it - El-ahrairah KC - 1/26 09:41:16
          Oh....they'll pay one way or another...Mr. Trump will - Logan BAMA - 1/26 09:48:16
          The wall is estimated at 20 billion. We wasted 60 billions - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:42:03
               yea and? - El-ahrairah KC - 1/26 09:43:48
                    I agree. I voted for Trump and I like him a lot. I would - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:45:30
     Does anyone honestly believe Mexico will pay for it? - playhard NWMSU - 1/26 09:24:59
          Almost $25 billion is wired from the US to Mexico every year - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:33:13
               that would be stealing - El-ahrairah KC - 1/26 09:41:53
                    Supertone says Mexico already taxes such transfers to the US - TigerJackSwartz MU - 1/26 09:46:42
                         lets be more like Mexico?(nm) - El-ahrairah KC - 1/26 09:48:47
                    No it is a tax on US currency that is leaving the country. - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:45:24
                         You've just laid the groundwork for confiscation of domestic - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:58:31
                              Where did anyone advocate confiscating anything? You really - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:14:04
                                   The framework you just set forth is a framework that would - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:16:41
                                        Taxes are not confiscation despite what you and the other - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:20:40
                                             So, let me get this straight. - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:23:17
                                                  Who is dipping into anyone's bank accounts? - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:27:18
                                                       I am saying you have laid the groundwork for it. - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:31:55
                                                            You have a serious defect today. How does a tax collected - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:36:10
                                                                 The groundwork is where you make reference - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:39:50
                                                                      I never said it was not theirs. I said that the US has - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:43:12
                         bitcoin and ect make remittence tax tough to enforce. nm - justwinbaby KC - 1/26 09:46:40
                              there are bitcoin exchange fees, so that would have a tax - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:53:27
                              Not sure how useful bitcoin is in most Mexican towns.(nm) - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:48:32
                                   For now. People adapt. - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:59:27
                                        People also make reasoned decisions, you obviously don't - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:16:34
                                             Again, you have different margins than other people. - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:17:18
                                                  It is not about margins moron, it is about simple math. - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:24:41
                                                       The margins are manifested by the simple math. - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:33:23
                                                            Then those people are idiots and, present company excluded, - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:38:47
                                                                 You keep adding a made up fact - ummmm MU - 1/26 10:41:13
                                                                      Give an alternate method of sending that money that is - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:44:57
                                   they could use a bitcoin exchange to trade it for another - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:57:38
                                        numbers - justwinbaby KC - 1/26 10:21:42
                    No it's not. That happens all the time. - Coors4bob MU - 1/26 09:43:49
                         hopefully they find a way around it - El-ahrairah KC - 1/26 09:45:39
               LOL - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:38:51
                    Will it actually get there though? There is absolutely no - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:47:20
                    I'd say put a 5% tax on it. Something small. They will - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:41:29
                         LOL(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:42:38
               Or people would not be dumb and send the money in some - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:34:34
                    What use mules to transport it for them? That would cost - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:42:11
                         Maybe you feel that way, but then again, you operate - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:51:00
                              You keep missing the point. A 10% tax to SAFELY get the - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:53:33
                                   No, you keep missing the point. You are making up - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:56:45
                                        What other methods? The same guys who rape, rob and abuse - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:32:34
                                             money orders. nm - justwinbaby KC - 1/26 10:34:41
                                                  Oh yeah. There is no way for the government to tax them - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:40:18
                                                       if money orders are taxed - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 10:43:14
                                                            There would be ways to collect taxes only on money orders - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:51:55
                                                                 Bank is 'in mexico' - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 11:21:56
                    Don't they claim that higher taxes don't work - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:39:59
                         This is money that is leaving the US to never return. Why - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:44:16
                              What if that money is being wired to Mexico - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:53:36
                    First of all, these people ARE dumb, very dumb in fact... - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:39:09
                         So... - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:41:10
                         okay buddy (nm) - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:39:52
                              There's great resistance - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 09:41:27
          Nope. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 09:32:35
          Yes. They won't write us a check for it, they are not going - hokie VT - 1/26 09:31:09
               That's not them paying for it-just a redistribution of US $ - Mo Texan MU - 1/26 09:37:08
               Well said. NM - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:32:48
          Yes, they have no choice or leverage in the matter. NM - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:28:38
          Remittances would cover it fairly quickly. Mexico does - SuperTone MU - 1/26 09:26:46
               What remittances?(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 1/26 09:29:41
                    RE: What remittances?(nm) - justwinbaby KC - 1/26 09:36:33
                    Really? $25+ billion wired from US to Mexico annually. NM - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:35:16
                         And how do we accomplish that?(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 1/26 09:39:03
                              the same way Mexico taxes remittances flowing into the US. - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:58:32
                    Mexico gets more money sent to it, than their oil industry. - RHAYWORTH MU - 1/26 09:34:41
                         Wire transfers can be taxed, but not money orders. They will - Mo Texan MU - 1/26 09:55:33
                              There are ways to tax that as well.(nm) - DHighlander KC - 1/26 10:53:04
                    The ones that will be rerouted through the bahamas - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 09:34:25
                         Yes, we're talking about real sophisticated people, LOL.... - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:36:43
                              A Joplin elitist-lol - Mo Texan MU - 1/26 09:43:15
                              Your arrogance is noted. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/26 09:37:41
          RE: Does anyone honestly believe Mexico will pay for it? - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:25:28
               Not gonna happen, the US tax payer is going to pay - playhard NWMSU - 1/26 09:28:31
                    Psychology Degree? - Coors4bob MU - 1/26 09:33:46
                    Every single thing that guys like you have said he - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:33:00
                    if you say so, though it's worth pointing out you've been - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:29:06
                         It's unreal.(nm) - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:33:17
               Trump will impose an entry tax on everyone coming into the - Rabbit Test MU - 1/26 09:28:02
                    Mexico needs to US. The US doesn't need Mexico at all (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:33:39
     I said the math didn't add up for the concrete wall Trump - TigerJackSwartz MU - 1/26 09:24:58
     I am on record that the wall is a waste of money and it - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:24:48
          Worked in Germany, and other places, but not Texas. - Coors4bob MU - 1/26 09:35:17
               How did it work in Germany? (nm) - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:35:56
                    cause Reagan said so - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:37:18
                         It definitely wasn't working to keep people from sneaking - ummmm MU - 1/26 09:39:09
     RE: Did anyone on here go on record saying no wall will be built - 615Tiger STL - 1/26 09:23:31
          Anything that guy says you can pretty much rest assured - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:26:16
               webbster and mrbluesky probably said similar things. - SuperTone MU - 1/26 09:27:22
          I should have guessed.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 1/26 09:25:43
     He said a wall would be built - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:22:44
          Securing our southern border will save hundreds of billions - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/26 09:34:07
          spending was approved back in 2006.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 1/26 09:25:21
          We have a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:25:19
               That woudl be a wonderful idea - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:26:07
                    That is why we use the money to build a wall.(nm) - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:34:24
                         A wall that covers abotu 10-15% of our border(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:35:54
                    They'll gather at the wall like a bunch of zombies - TigerJackSwartz MU - 1/26 09:28:55
                    If they would put an embargo on them, they will have - TheWildcat STL - 1/26 09:27:03
                         Why do they come here now? - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:29:56
                              I agree that any real immigration plan has to address demand - DHighlander KC - 1/26 09:38:16
                                   So..how is Trump's war on immigration - meatiger MU - 1/26 09:42:00




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