Interesting and Unique Way to Pay for the Wall

[Casper in Dallas]

Originally Posted by michiganmoon

I am not saying that this would pass congress...

Essentially this would hit people that are paid under the table or illegal immigrants more than other groups.


Step One - a 1% National Sales Tax would raise over $90 Billion a year (the wall would cost $12 to $15 Billion so it easily would generate the revenue). Because it is a national sales tax - illegal immigrants and people getting paid under the table wouldn't be able to dodge the tax.

Step Two - It is estimated that illegal immigrants are about 3.5% of our population - so keep 3.5% of this tax to build the wall and refund the surplus to US citizen tax payers (122 Million) in even amounts (about $713 for each individual federal income tax payer) making it progressive.

Step Three - write in the law that the tax will end after 4 or 5 years - at which time this tax would generate the $12 to $15 Billion.

Pass, that 1% would increase and increase and never ever go away.
He said that Mexico is going to pay for the wall, he needs to get it from them, to stick the Bill on the American People means he was and is a Liar. Now what around that fact girls, your guy is a POS Liar.

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Better figure out how to make Mexico pay without some smoke and mirrors plan - like Trump said he would.

Mexico isn't going to pay, it's not going to happen, everybody rational knows that.

The best the Trumpistas can hope for is some sort of trade disruption that hurts both the US and Mexico, to be spun into a statement of "Mexico paid for the wall with a 5% loss of trade" that ignores the fact that it didn't put a dime in the US coffers, quite the opposite.

Trump's followers will eat that up with a spoon.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by JAMS14

So Republicans, those champions of low taxes , will impose a tax on all Americans to pay for Trump's folly? Yeah, that's going to go over real well with their fans.

"Trump's folly"

Ah ye of so little faith.

I find it amusing to read things like this.

We can win WWI, recover from Pearl Harbor in record time and defeat Japan and at the same time beat Hitler.

We can be the first to send a man to the moon.

We can build the Empire state building, the Golden Gate bridge, the Chesapeake Bay bridge (2 of them), the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel (with 2 tunnels under the bay) and all the other bridges, and we can't build a simple wall!

It is such shame this country has produced many small minded people.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

Mexico isn't going to pay, it's not going to happen, everybody rational knows that.

The best the Trumpistas can hope for is some sort of trade disruption that hurts both the US and Mexico, to be spun into a statement of "Mexico paid for the wall with a 5% loss of trade" that ignores the fact that it didn't put a dime in the US coffers, quite the opposite.

Trump's followers will eat that up with a spoon.

" everybody rational knows that."

"Everybody rational" said he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the repub primary.

"Everybody rational" said he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the election over Hillary.

Yet, here we ARE

Maybe you should NOT listen to "everybody rational'!

[AlongTheI-5]

Originally Posted by jackwinkelman

How about 2% and if you show proof of legal residency you don't have to pay the tax.

Yup. Whip out your ID every time you go to a store or restaurant. Big brother is watching you.

[jambo101]

Bottom line? if you want a wall your taxes are going to pay for it.

[dothetwist]

I decide I want to fence in my backyard so I can have more privacy. Can I send my neighbor the bill?? How crazy is that???

If Trump-holes want a wall, they will have to pay for it.

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Maybe you should NOT listen to "everybody rational'!

I'm fully aware that rational thinking has fallen out of favor among the Trump crowd, but thanks for the reminder, anyway.