Who will pay for the wall?

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The country that builds it. This seems so obvious, I can’t believe anyone really swallowed the whopper candidate Trump told that he could somehow make Mexico pay for a wall he builds. Then again, he might have confused Mexico with New Mexico.
 
In other words, the American consumer would end up paying for the wall.
 
Americans, basically. If it happens, which it hopefully won’t, it will be Americans who pay for it.
 
Across the USA there are highways, roadways, and bridges that are in dire need of repair and/or replacement. The Trump administration should be focusing their efforts towards marshaling the resources necessary to repair and replace the infrastructure that is so fundamental to commerce and to the safety of the American people as they travel across country and as they commute to their jobs - rather than spending political capital trying to make the American people pay for a wall.
 
Hmmm. Is the wall to keep people out…or to keep us in?
 
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pnewton said:
The country that builds it.
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Yeah. I’m all for maximizing our border security, including building a serious barrier where appropriate, but I’ve been saying from the beginning that the “Mexico will pay for it” line was a bunch of . . . lawn fertilizer. (Sorry – I can’t say the other word here.)

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I often wonder if there will be a wall/ fence on the Canadian side of the USA border in the near future.
 
aservant said:
I often wonder if there will be a wall/ fence on the Canadian side of the USA border in the near future.
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I look for this to happen sooner rather than latter. In fact, I look for Canada to start as soon as they can afford it.
 
Fake news. Trump maintained this exact position throughout the entire campaign. It was only liberals who twisted his words that ever thought he actually meant Mexico would send us a check for billions of dollars.
 
ChunkMonk said:
Fake news. Trump maintained this exact position throughout the entire campaign. It was only liberals who twisted his words that ever thought he actually meant Mexico would send us a check for billions of dollars.
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He clearly said Mexico will pay for it. He was unequivocal. He also happened to be lying.
 
He clearly said Mexico would pay for it through trade deals, tariffs, and possibly confiscation of remittances. He made that point repeatedly, during the debates and during his rallies. Now if you wanted to argue that those trade deals won’t happen, that the tarrifs won’t be enough, or that confiscation if remittances is politically untenable… Okay. But arguing that Mexico needs to send us a check for the money or Trump was lying is disingenuous. It is simply taking advantage of the basic ignorance of most Democrats to paint a picture that casts Trump as a liar.
 
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Across the USA there are highways, roadways, and bridges that are in dire need of repair and/or replacement.
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For most of the roads, you should be lobbying your state govt if you want them replaced.
However the Feds are explicitly responsible for our borders and security
 
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In other words, the American consumer would end up paying for the wall.
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Not likely, your ave american consumer doesn’t pay any net fed income tax to speak of.

Just imagine that Apple is paying for the wall with all the taxes they are paying from repatriating profits they’ve kept overseas.
 
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There are more taxes than income taxes, and more ways taxes and tariffs affect prices.
 
Sy_Noe said:
I hope you don’t mind a slight correction. You forgot to put Mexico in caps. Who will pay for the wall? MEXICO!!! 🤣
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That’s what Trump said. Mexico would pay for it. Or MEXICO. Either or. He was very clear.
 
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Sy_Noe:
I hope you don’t mind a slight correction. You forgot to put Mexico in caps. Who will pay for the wall? MEXICO!!! 🤣
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That’s what Trump said. Mexico would pay for it. Or MEXICO. Either or. He was very clear.
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Oh yes that was my point. He was so very clear that he shouted it to his faithful almost as if from a mountain top and they fell for it.
 
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