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Does Donald Trump Want Mexico To Pay For The Border Wall?

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Donald Trump says that Mexico is going to pay for the wall but the procedures that he have implemented, would have us paying for the wall and even if Mexico pays for the wall it would affect the American economy. Within the first three weeks of his presidency Donald Trump signed many executive orders, hoping to fulfill his promises he made during his campaign, one which took many by surprise when he began sending undocumented immigrants home. Trump is also trying to go through with the process of building the border wall and making Mexico pay for it, but will Mexico actually pay for the border wall. Donald Trump is considering to add a 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the border wall, but he is still thinking about other options …show more content…

According to the article Yes, Trump can make Mexico pay for the border wall. Here's how, by Marc A. Thiessen, The border adjustment "would force Mexico to give us every penny we need to pay for the wall, and then more. the money they need to pay for the wall". By using the border adjustment, this plan would lower the corporate tax from 35 percent to 20 percent and apply the tax based on the location of consumption rather than the location of production. All imports coming into the United States would be taxed 20 percent, but the exports would be tax free. According to Martin Feldstein, " The border adjustment would raise hundreds of billions in tax revenue- not from U.S. consumers or corporations, but from our foreign trading

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