You're absolutely right about this. The only way that Mexico rather than US taxpayers will pay for this wall is to all remittances sent by foreign nationals and their families back to their home country, with Mexico and Central America being the main source.
I don't understand why taxing remittances wasn't at the top of the President's agenda from the get-go. It's a win-win strategy that would also provide tax relief to Americans by taxing foreign countries and foreign nationals.
I don’t understand why taxing remittances wasn’t at the top of the President’s agenda from the get-go.
There are numerous money transfer phone apps now. Taxing remittances is not as easy as it looks. And of course Congress would never agree to such law.