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Well, our "beloved" Donald has conjured up a somewhat extortionist scheme to have Mexico pay for the building of the "beautiful" border wall.
The scheme involves the stopping of the $25 B that Mexicans in the US send back to their home country as money transference better known as "remittances"....
Trump vows that the ban on these remittances would be lifted if Mexico pays up front $10 B to build the wall.
Sounds good, doesn't it????
But, a couple of snags emerge in Trump-land rationale....
The first snag is actually minor and it involves Mexico paying for a wall that would keep out not only Mexicans from the US, but the millions of Central and South Americans who also cross the border...Maybe a per capita fee will be worked out by Trump's accountants.....
BUT, the second snag is a bit more thorny.......
Trump has also NOT relented on his "promise" to deport 11 million (or so) illegals (without really stating where these illegals would be deported to since not all are Mexicans.)
NOW, if you were the Mexican government......and you expected that high Mexican percentage of the 11 million illegals to be shipped back, the "threat" of the remittances becomes moot, doesn't it?
If all those illegal Mexicans are shipped back across the border, there are no remittances to also be shipped back to Mexico....
Soooooooo, unless we think of Mexicans as complete idiots, WHY should they pay for the Wall???????
The scheme involves the stopping of the $25 B that Mexicans in the US send back to their home country as money transference better known as "remittances"....
Trump vows that the ban on these remittances would be lifted if Mexico pays up front $10 B to build the wall.
Sounds good, doesn't it????
But, a couple of snags emerge in Trump-land rationale....
The first snag is actually minor and it involves Mexico paying for a wall that would keep out not only Mexicans from the US, but the millions of Central and South Americans who also cross the border...Maybe a per capita fee will be worked out by Trump's accountants.....
BUT, the second snag is a bit more thorny.......
Trump has also NOT relented on his "promise" to deport 11 million (or so) illegals (without really stating where these illegals would be deported to since not all are Mexicans.)
NOW, if you were the Mexican government......and you expected that high Mexican percentage of the 11 million illegals to be shipped back, the "threat" of the remittances becomes moot, doesn't it?
If all those illegal Mexicans are shipped back across the border, there are no remittances to also be shipped back to Mexico....
Soooooooo, unless we think of Mexicans as complete idiots, WHY should they pay for the Wall???????