Trumps wall

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(01-07-2017, 12:56 AM)hollodero Wrote: I once made a little thread called "right-wing populism". There Mike lays out some financing and revenue ideas for the wall, starting page 2. But be warned, these are leeeengthy exchanges.
Anchor babies page 4.

Thanks.

I got as far as his first claim that 225B leaves the US and Trump will tax it before I found out his numbers were wrong.

(09-21-2016, 08:16 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Withholding transfers is not the best move, but charging a 10-15-20% tax on all money leaving the country will easily get that money in less than a year and keep a steady supply of money coming in to keep up maintenance and pay the salaries of the people guarding the wall.

$225B leaves the US annually.  Did I hear you asking for it to be raised by 10 more feet?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/us/politics/immigrants-find-it-cheaper-to-send-money-home.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Quote:The total remittance transfers sent across the globe from the United States in recent years are almost $50 billion annually, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, or roughly the equivalent of the government’s foreign aid budget. (Estimates by the World Bank suggest that the figure is significantly higher, close to $100 billion per year, according to Dilip Ratha, an economist who leads the World Bank’s remittances program.)

Even Breitbart says its less

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/23/gao-u-s-largest-source-of-remittances-in-the-world-mexico-china-receive-most-u-s-money/

Quote:The United States is the largest source of remittances — or funds sent overseas by foreign-born residents — in the world, according to the Government Accountability Office.

A new GAO report, requested by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) and House Budget Chairman Tom Price M.D. (R-GA), reveals that foreign-born residents in the U.S. sent $54.2 billion in remittances abroad in 2014. Mexico, China, India, and the Philippines received the most money.

And not all of that is to Mexico. 

I don't know if I have the stamina to check all his plans.