Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 | 2:02 a.m.
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After reading a recent story about how money being sent to Mexico signals a healthier job market, it caused a great concern about the volume of money leaving the United States. This amount is not reinvested into our communities, nor is it spent locally on small businesses. Those of us with small businesses are taxed to death.
I think our country, in its thirst for taxes, should propose a 15 percent tax on all funds leaving the United States. This would be for Western Union-type companies or pre-paid debit cards. That money should be sent directly back into our communities for our roads, taxes and schools.
I’m sure the Mexican government gets its share of funds that arrive. We need to start looking at the funds that leave our country. This lack of reinvestment hurts our communities, small businesses and everyone who has to pay more taxes because the funds are short.
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