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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:28 pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/po....html?_r=0
Quote:But later on Thursday, Mr. Spicer convened reporters again to say that the tax was just one option under consideration to pay for the wall. Reince Priebus, the president’s chief of staff, told NBC News that the proposal was just one in a “buffet” of options.
The confusion caused the Mexican peso to bounce sharply with each new development.
The House proposal, which Mr. Trump had previously criticized as too complicated, would not actually increase federal revenue. The gains from taxing imports would be offset because the government would stop taxing exports and would lower the corporate tax rate.
In addition, the import tax would not be collected from Mexicans. It would be collected from companies that sold Mexican products in the United States.
Mr. Trump would need new legislation to enact the proposal.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:29 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
A bulwark against the vast soviet army staging to our south, then? Jesus christ Scoob......
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm
(January 26, 2017 at 7:37 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Fix it? No, no, lets deport them because they're all criminals.
Technically it is a crime to trespass on sovereign land, so they are all criminals. They do not have permission to be here which is regulated by US customs and ICE. I wouldn't mind however allowing them to go through the process of gaining citizenship.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm
(January 26, 2017 at 8:50 am)A Theist Wrote: (January 26, 2017 at 8:33 am)chimp3 Wrote: Wire cutters.
It's electric.
Won't be if Mexico does not pay the electricity bill.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:34 pm
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(January 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm)scoobysnack Wrote: Technically it is a crime to trespass on sovereign land, so they are all criminals. They do not have permission to be here which is regulated by US customs and ICE. I wouldn't mind however allowing them to go through the process of gaining citizenship.
Getting awfully easy to be a criminal in your america. What would we need a wall or concentration camps or a newly recruited deportation force if everyone had access to the citizenship process? You don't seriously think it would stop "our enemies"...whomever they are, do you?
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:35 pm
Thanks for the response scoob. And I'm sorry, but I still fail to see how the wall will help keep people from sneaking over the border. I know you said it's just "one thing" but it's one very expensive thing. Spending so much money on something that probably won't do anything to help seems very foolish and a huge waste. Don't you agree that anyone who wants to get through it will be able to do so just fine?
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:42 pm
(January 26, 2017 at 8:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote: A bulwark against the vast soviet army staging to our south, then? Jesus christ Scoob......
It's really not an invasion, it's a way to destroy a culture from within to the point they lower their defenses and eventually destroy themselves. You should watch that video. I'm speaking as a former leftist who used to push a lot of what I know now to be leftist propaganda. The more I researched, the more the left I identified with resented me, to the point that I found conservatives understood the threat much better then those who were being led by "socialist equality" which I found out was a scam by the ultra rich to control the poor. Those that rant against nationalism are the ones who are a threat to the nation. They are reckless and don't understand how important it is for national unity, solidarity, and freedom. The US has a lot of freedoms for citizens, along with the self preservation of prosperity, I really wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:47 pm
Yeah, you're one of the known tinfoilers. So there's a reason why people outside your circle don't take you seriously.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:50 pm
(January 26, 2017 at 8:47 pm)abaris Wrote: Yeah, you're one of the known tinfoilers. So there's a reason why people outside your circle don't take you seriously.
Hey I was posting that Trump would be president months ago and no one took me seriously. Maybe you should get out of the bubble and learn what I know is about to happen. You can continue to listen to the people that continue to be wrong and get upset, or learn what the plan actually is.
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RE: Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border
January 26, 2017 at 8:50 pm
(January 26, 2017 at 6:53 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: (January 26, 2017 at 6:39 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You're right. They can fucking starve, amirite?
I didn't say that. Are you suggesting that your country should just open its borders completely and take in everyone?
That seems like a false dichotomy to me.
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