Comments on: Financing Donald Trump’s Wall — EASY!

By: Vineeth Kariappa

Vineeth Kariappa — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:05:00 +0000

In reply to Wes Ramsay. Read Donald Trump's books. If any biz is faced with incremental costs, they pass that to the consumer.

By: Wes Ramsay

Wes Ramsay — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:06:00 +0000

In reply to Vineeth Kariappa. You never made it out of your math courses, did you? Or your intro to econ either? Even if your assumptions are correct (and they aren't), the benefits outlined above overwhelm the costs.

By: Vineeth Kariappa

Vineeth Kariappa — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:14:00 +0000

Americans import. Americans tax imports from Mexicans. Mexicans increase the price by the %. Americans pay the new price. Who paid for the hugeeeeeeeeeeeeee wall ?

By: JLM

JLM — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:51:00 +0000

In reply to Rick Landi.

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What will happen is that more Americans will be employed and wages will increase. The Labor Force Participation Rate will increase.

When more people are working at higher wages, more Americans will be paying more taxes and the deficit will decrease thereby putting our national house in order.

Currently, the law — UNENFORCED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION — contains sufficient penalties for employers who hire illegal workers.

I can get a Visa card receipt in less than 2 seconds at McDonald’s but we cannot eVerify a “suspect” worker for 6-18 months. I say give them all Visa cards and let McDonald’s run the show.

This is a very easy problem to solve if there is a national will to enforce EXISTING law. Today, at the border, the Border Patrol — in accordance with the direction of this administration — is not stopping illegal border crossings. Rather, they give them court dates six months in advance for which they never show up.

This is not a complex problem.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

By: Rick Landi

Rick Landi — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:33:00 +0000

The expectation is that the price of some goods and services would go up since we wouldn’t have any illegal aliens to provide cheap labor. What if we simply enforced legal hiring practices and penalized the companies that hire illegal workers to avoid their tax obligations, pocketing the difference? If you can’t get a job here, wouldn’t that cut down on illegal immigration dramatically? Without spending $5B? I realize, of course, that a lot of the money that otherwise would be remitted as withholding taxes goes into writing checks that end up in the hands of government officials cheerfully serving their constituency. But I can’t help but notice that really long border on the other side of the country and nobody’s suggesting that we build a wall up there. If the wall is built, I’ve got a great business idea that’s sure to make a fortune. CanaMex Airlines. One way flights daily. I just need something from Canada to fly back to Mexico.

By: JLM

JLM — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:53:00 +0000

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Big Red Car carsplains how to finance and build the wall with a pittance of a tariff. Donald Trump says, “That could work, Big Red Car. Thanks. Love the Big Red Car!”

http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/financing-donald-trumps-wall/

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com