Mexico WILL be paying for The Wall…heh!

Although I’d rather him have started with a fairly hefty tax on remittances sent back to home countries – but this should work: On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our … Read more

Border Wall

Is Mexico finally “paying for The Wall”?

Steve beat me (“Mexico Just Busted Up A Caravan – Hundreds Arrested“) in putting up the news that the Central American “caravans” may be near the end of their political lifespans. We’ve been writing about these for a while now as we at GraniteGrok do see them as a slow rolling existential threat given the … Read more

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Many Dems were for a wall before it became Trump’s wall

Sometimes a squabble is about a principle, a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption. Other times it is about a principal, a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading position. Occasionally a squabble is about principle on one side and principal on the other. Such is the case with respect to … Read more

Ted Cruz El Chapo Act

Ted Cruz: Make El Chapo Guzman Pay for the Wall

Ted Cruz has a plan to provide funding for the Wall. Make a Mexican Drug lord pay for it. Cruz has reintroduced the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act, or EL CHAPO Act, to Congress. The bill would designate any money and assets seized from notorious gangster Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and allocate … Read more

Democrats helped to fund a 500M Wall - in Jordan

Do you know WHERE the Democrats agreed to build a Wall?

Yep.  So one of two things is true: either the Democrats have no problem in blowing $500 million of your hard earned money on something that doesn’t work Or the Democrats DO believe that Walls work. So which is it?  I think they’re two faced about funding and building OUR Wall. Very much so. Me?  I think … Read more

Did Trump Just Get Mexico to Pay for ‘The Wall’?

Donald Trump’s recent trade reform with Mexico scraps NAFTA and replaces with it something much more beneficial to the United States. It does a lot to level the playing field and while the Unions want to see the final language before they sing its praises initial rumors suggest they are pleased.

The trade reforms will be a boon to auto and auto parts manufacturers and encourage more manufacturing in the United States, not just for the car business. A shift that could result in a lot more jobs, more work, and yes – more tax revenue.

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Omnibus in Spiritus Sanctum

(Restored) Mike Rogers joins me to discuss how Mr. Trump might be able to use the Omnibus as written to build his wall, and whether he can or will just give large sums he has no intention of spending back to the treasury – and whether Congress can do anything about that. This program has been reposted after … Read more

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