owebo
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- Jul 4, 2016
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You guys are absolutely amazing. I am continually awed at how you are able to take things out of context, distort them for your own purposes, and then try to publish them as facts.
1) Spicer did NOT say that Trump was going to impose a 20% tax on goods from Mexico.
2) Spicer DID say that they COULD impose a tax, as high as 20%, on goods from Mexico in order to recover the cost of building the wall. (There are several other alternatives available - none of which are being discussed. It's all part of the negotiation process)
3) Everybody above the third grade knows that the President CAN'T impose any tax. Only Congress can impose a tax.
4) Trump has been on record for 2 years about changing the corporate tax paradigm. His recommended approach is to drop all corporate tax to 15-20%, and impose an exactly equal tax on all imported goods (from EVERY country). Thus, everything going in AND out of the country would be taxed equally.
5) It is absolutely stunning that a 20% tax on Mexican imports just HAPPENS to equal the approximate cost of building the wall. Just an amazing coincidence, don't you think?
6) If Congress applies a "targeted" import tax on Mexican imports, two things will happen: 1) Mexican imports become less cost advantageous to the American consumer, and 2) the resulting loss of income will have extremely negative effects on the Mexican economy. In the end, Mexico will cough up the cost of the wall.
7) It's called the "art of the deal" - if you want $10, demand $20. Watch how it ends up.
again, it amazes me that you don't understand the donald isn't going to tax his own imports.
you people are hysterical
That's EXACTLY what he porposes to do --- and, frankly, it makes good business sense. I'm sorry your background doesn't allow you to understand that.
trumpeters are such a joke. it doesn't matter what the orange sociopath says, you all lap it up.