Because I am such a nerd, I was doing comparative analysis between the units of currency of various countries over a period of time. Peso vs Dollar, Dollar vs. Ruble, $CA vs the Peso, Dollar vs. Yuan, etc last night. It was interesting. It looks like Mexico has already paid for the wall. Then I looked at their economy from the side of their published financials. By far, the biggest revenue source for Mexico is the black market remittances that come from the US every month. It's bigger than their entire oil industry. It was tens of billions in less than a year period last year.
That's his garrote. Strangle the cash exportation, and Mexico dies.
When I followed the money, I started to wonder if Canada and the US are considering throwing Mexico to the wolves to their south no matter what happens. The wall isn't to keep immigrants out. It is to cast Mexico out of the North American kingdom. Just thoughts. I'm not saying that's right or wrong.
Yesterday, I realized there are Americans living between the current wall and the actual border. There is even an operating golf course on the Mexican side of the wall, but in the US.
<<end nerd>>