re: What was the rationale as to why Mexico should pay for the wall?

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Pretty easy to see how a 5-10% tax would add up to huge money quick

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I did some back of the napkin calcs in 2015 when this was debated and IIRC on a 10 year plan a 4% remittance tax would bring in about $7.5 billion in 2015 dollars.