RE: Another Day - Another Leak Mexico Isn't Paying For The Fucking Wall
August 6, 2017 at 4:35 pm
(August 5, 2017 at 8:05 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: It's easy to get Mexico to pay for the wall if you're willing to do what it takes to make them pay. Of course such action will also cost the US a lot, more than the cost of the wall itself but it's the principle of the thing.
Right. Because threatening our neighbors to the south is always a good idea.

Quote:Simply break diplomatic relations with Mexico and forbid all exports, imports, and travel between the countries. We will lose a lot of food (Tequila, Twinkies and fruit) and manufactured imports (cars and air conditioners). The airlines and cruise ship operators will lose business. And we could forcibly expel all Mexican citizens. But we had such a system in place against Cuba for decades.
The size and population of Cuba are extremely different when compared to Mexico. Furthermore - Cuba had (still has?) a dictatorship. Mexico has a President and a democratic government in place. When you look at other factors with my we cut off contact with Cuba - it's like you are trying to compare apples and oranges. Mexico is nothing like Cuba. Did you not learn a thing in school?
Quote:The easiest way to get Mexico to pay for the wall is to simply stop giving them tens of $millions in foreign aid each year until the wall is paid off.
That's not how that works.
Quote:You can always do anything you want to if you have the guts to do it and are willing to pay the price.
These ideas are terrible. Why would the US want to ruin any amicable ties we have with our neighbor? This is pure ignorance to the problem and it invites even more problems than we had before.
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