The amount of wire transfers of money sent from people in the US to people in Mexico is huge. Put a tax on wire transfers or threaten to block them altogether. That would get some attention.Soccerdad1995 wrote:I don't know that Mexico paying for the wall is outrageous. We give them a little over $50 million a year in foreign aid. Seems like we could net the bond payments against that amount and raise enough funds to finance a pretty darn nice wall. Maybe also issue a special tariff on Mexican goods, after renegotiating NAFTA or course.TXBO wrote:There are a couple of things at play here. First Trump is trying to moderate his positions to calm the temper tantrums from the left. Second, some of his promises, such as Mexico paying for the wall, are so outrageous as to never have been taken serious in the first place.
My main concern about a Wall is how much land will be eminent domained from US landowners to build it. How much land will remain between the wall at the Rio Grande that is effectively unusable? Will anyone change the border enforcement rules so we can actually defend the wall and keep it from being destroyed after the fact? A wall without defenders is useless.