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In reply to the discussion: Do you approve or disapprove of a 20% tax on Mexican imports? [View all]mainer
(12,037 posts)5. You'll take my guacamole when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands
I'm making it tonight, in fact.
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Do you approve or disapprove of a 20% tax on Mexican imports? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
OP
It certainly gets more complicated the more we dig into our trade deals with other countries
alllove
Jan 2017
#40
So you're saying anything exported by U.S based compaines into Mexico pay no tax to Mexico?
alllove
Jan 2017
#27
Do you know what a VAT tax is? Are you conflating VAT taxes with tariffs?
etherealtruth
Jan 2017
#43
US trade with Mexico is the third largest and one of the most evenly balanced.
grantcart
Jan 2017
#17
It's a tax on the poor. The less money you make the more of it you spend.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#24
That is a big fear. Our military won't help us if everyone in the world hates greedy Americans.
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#53
Ford's biggest selling car the Fusion is assembled in Mexico. Chevy Silvarado trucks
doc03
Jan 2017
#54
I guess Ford might be forced then to relocate all their operations back to the U.S
alllove
Jan 2017
#56
What if Mexico retaliates and slaps a fifty percent tariff on our exports?
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#59
What if Mexico retaliates and slaps a fifty percent tariff on our exports?
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#62