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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 2614947" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Let's consider who will really pay for this wall at the end of the day. During the campaign, Trump stated that Mexico would pay for the wall but from my knowledge he was never specific as to the "how" that payment would come about. Then once the election was won and Trump began to assemble his administration, more talk about the wall and specifics began to emerge. At this point in time it would appear the initial costs of the wall will be paid for by US taxpayers and then Mexico will be given some form of easy payment plan to pay back the money for the wall. But lets ponder that idea to the specifics.</p><p></p><p>One mechanism floated and seems very popular among the Wallians (my own pejorative) is a tariff on Mexico goods imported back into the US for sale but that comes with a dilemma. With the increased tariffs, one argument is that no one will buy the goods so where then does the money come from to pay back the American taxpayer? </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, the American taxpayer now in their role as consumer does buy the tariff'd goods and then that tax goes to pay back that same taxpayer for his/her tax dollars used to build the wall. Again, the US taxpayer/consumer shoulders the entire burden and I suspect like so many other grandiose projects of gov't ginned up by emotional pandering, we learn of certain players on both sides of the Rio Grande who will make fortunes off this wall while the average taxpayer has to labor several more hours of the year to satisfy their growing tax burden. </p><p></p><p>So how again is Mexico going to pay for building the wall?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 2614947, member: 2189"] Let's consider who will really pay for this wall at the end of the day. During the campaign, Trump stated that Mexico would pay for the wall but from my knowledge he was never specific as to the "how" that payment would come about. Then once the election was won and Trump began to assemble his administration, more talk about the wall and specifics began to emerge. At this point in time it would appear the initial costs of the wall will be paid for by US taxpayers and then Mexico will be given some form of easy payment plan to pay back the money for the wall. But lets ponder that idea to the specifics. One mechanism floated and seems very popular among the Wallians (my own pejorative) is a tariff on Mexico goods imported back into the US for sale but that comes with a dilemma. With the increased tariffs, one argument is that no one will buy the goods so where then does the money come from to pay back the American taxpayer? On the other hand, the American taxpayer now in their role as consumer does buy the tariff'd goods and then that tax goes to pay back that same taxpayer for his/her tax dollars used to build the wall. Again, the US taxpayer/consumer shoulders the entire burden and I suspect like so many other grandiose projects of gov't ginned up by emotional pandering, we learn of certain players on both sides of the Rio Grande who will make fortunes off this wall while the average taxpayer has to labor several more hours of the year to satisfy their growing tax burden. So how again is Mexico going to pay for building the wall? [/QUOTE]
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