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I just gave you an example and you ignored it. Why?
Given the memo Trump's team put out...
https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Pay_for_the_Wall.pdf
On some level they seemed to think they could force Mexico to write a literal check.
See post #13. They already have started paying for it.
You did not offer any amount for the (alleged future?) increase in federal revenue that your "example" has produced (much less it's cost to Mexico) - I seriously doubt that it approaches $5B but feel free to tell us your best guesstimate.
....from yourlink:”Ford CEO Mark Fields called the move “a vote of confidence” in Trump, but primarily a response to a decline in North American demand for small cars like those that would have been made at the Mexican plant. He said Ford would have made the same decision even if Trump had not been elected.
That was an option of many options. Probably would've been the cheapest option for Mexico. The other options will cost them more.
Yes...just a "coincidence" they canceled it when Trump took over, right when they were going to do their unveiling....hmmm....
Great. The check must be in the mail.
Why is the government shut down?
You need to fully read your links............CT Forum is down the hall.........:2wave:
So you posted the exact same document I did?
So you posted the exact same document I did?
One that references the one-time payment from Mexico to finance the wall, no less.
Yes...you believe in propaganda, despite reality.
So, in your mind, jobs that were going to Mexico but are now staying in the U.S., doesn't count? Nothing relating to increased revenues or jobs here, that wouldn't have happened, counts?
Two main forces drove the trend: Mexico's weak currency, the peso, and President Trump's threat to slap a tax on cash shipments, known as remittances, sent from the U.S. to Mexico.
Mexicans sent home $26.1 billion from January to November 2017, according to figures released Tuesday by the central bank of Mexico. That's the most ever recorded and better than the $24.1 billion sent in 2016 over the same period.
The Great Wall Of Trump (GWOT) had no effect or impact on that business decision and you know it. Tariff/trade policy is in no way dependent on the GWOT. If congress (or Trump) was serious about stopping the flow of illegal immigrants (much of which is by visa overstays) then they would enact mandatory E-Verify. The GWOT will have absolutely no impact on the 12M to 20M illegal immigrants now within the US interior. Why concentrate on a very expensive policy to slow down thousands when you could cause millions to "self-deport" by removing the employment magnet which is drawing and keeping illegal immigrants here?
Your link! You seem to want to poke a hornet’s nest this morning, sleep poorly or is boredom setting in?
You asked for a list of options and now you're trying to complain?
Lol! No I am enjoying you proving my point!
Let me break that memo down for you.
The idea was putting those actions in place would put pressure on Mexico to write us a check. However it was half baked. The statute they cited wasn't even correct.
So it was a lie. And it is a pretty glaring one. But even though it was well documented, videotaped, and undeniable you are trying to rationalize it. That is why it is hilarious. You are no different than the liberals who defended Obama on Obamacare. Hell, you are worse because now you are a hypocrite complaining about their lies while pushing your own.
We why address the ones who are here illegally if you don't stop more from coming in? Would you bail water in a boat without plugging the hole?
Boats with properly working bilge pumps don't sink.
The (partially funded) Great Wall Of Trump (GWOT) will never stop illegal immigration or remove even one gallon from the allegedly sinking ship. Trump simply wants anything that he can call a "win" or a "campaign promise kept" and the demorats are bound and determined to stop that from happening.
Ask yourself (or explain to us) why Trump did not insist on fully funding the GWOT in the 2018 'budget' bills? Could it be that congressional republicants (and Trump?) opposed that ($25B?) level of additional deficit spending while pushing for a tax rate cut?
Meanwhile, we the sheeple get absolutely no improvement in either border security or in interior immigration law enforcement. MAGA indeed.