Posted on 08/20/2015 7:16:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Executive order #2?
But of course.
Yes. Hire Obonzo’s “lawyers” and claim “Executive Action”. If Obonzo’s “lawyers” say it’s okay, it’s okay.
Would not surprise me.
Of course he could.
Stupid question.
Well Jim, that's what most people on this board have been saying for over a week now. A 10% tax on wire transfers to Mexico for a limited term, let's say five years, would more than pay for the construction of the wall.
It's just that simple.
He will have a pen and paper.
The very act of attempting to seize money transfers from illegals will have the effect of reducing illegal immigration.
A more effective method, that would be easier to get through the courts, would be to fine employers who have paid illegals - at a rate that would make it hard to justify hiring illegals in the first place.
Just the threat - the hint of seizing these funds is really all that is necessary. Trump is the only one with the cajones who's willing to even broach this subject.
Or would push Mexicans to use other means (Bitcoin, black market means, etc.) to transfer funds back to Mexico. A 10% tax would alter behavior, no doubt.
Yeah, a legal bar about as high as the law which requires everyone entering or leaving the United States with more than $10,000 in cash or its equivalent to file a declaration.
These seizures happen all the time, especially to Asians used to dealing in cash who come here for school or a luxury vacation. Once it is taken, the onus is on them to use our legal system to get it back. Most of them give up.
Ditto for contractors or others dealing in large cash transactions who get caught for petty ante traffic stops and are forced to prove that they came by that much cash legitimately.
And there we have it. This is asset forfeiture. Pure and Simple. Funny how the libertarians who moan and groan at this practice are apparently fine when Trump proposes it.
Obama has shown us that a President can pretty much do anything he wants.
That genie will be very difficult to re-bottle.
PROBLEM SOLVED Wire-transfer fraud is rampant-—b/c illegals send money across the border that was accumulated by falsifying documents to get tax dollars under multiple identities (could also involve forgery).
Wal Mart, Western Union, Money Gram and other entities wire-transferring $22 billion annually out of the US across the border need to be nailed.
RE: The very act of attempting to seize money transfers from illegals will have the effect of reducing illegal immigration.
How does this seizure of money DIFFERENTIATE between Mexicans who are here LEGALLY, Mexicans who have become American citizens and Mexicans who are illegal?
Or are we going to seize money from all of them without differentiating?
This argument makes no sense whatsoever. You know why Mexican nationals use Western Union? Because it is simple, easy, and most of all safe.
Do you think that these people would rather risk all of the money on a black market solution instead of knowing it will cost them an additional 10% through Western Union?
Even if they understood Bitcoin and how to transfer it, do you think that their family in Mexico would understand it and trust it?
No. It’s a ridiculous idea that Western Union would suddenly lose all of it’s business from Mexicans who trust it and know it.
It’s like the same claim that if gas goes much higher then Americans will drive less. There might be a slight modification of behavior, but it won’t be significant.
Not sure whether or not this is germane to the topic, but I just read an interesting comment on another site regarding financial workings between Mexico and the US
“Fun fact about NAFTA: before the ink was even dry the mexicans devalued their currency, triggering a crisis that we had to bail them out of. This wholesale destruction of wages and earnings south of the border was then blamed on NAFTA and is commonly cited as a reason both for mass immigration north, and why we have to accept mass immigration.’’
(posted anonymously, so it’s up in the air whether this is an ‘’improper’’ quotation)
Is this true? The commenter cited no link & I haven’t heard it before.
A reminder- Trump: [Mexico’s] leaders are so much smarter & more cunning than our own.
RE: Obama has shown us that a President can pretty much do anything he wants.
That genie will be very difficult to re-bottle.
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And you don’t mind if a President Trump continues this lawlessness?
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