If Anyone Tries to Vacation Outside U.S., Let's Confiscate Their Money

   I wondered much on Donald Trump's proposal of paying for a border wall by intercepting the money Mexican immigrants send back to their families in Mexico. I've never thought it reasonable that we object to the immigrants sending money back to Mexico. The thought behind opposing it, is that it takes the money out of the United States, and thus depletes our economy some.
   I've always felt a little surprised at this. Let me get this straight: We oppose poor people sending money back to their families? Making matters worse for us, if you're looking at our attitude, is that sometimes we don't let their families join them in the U.S. If we did, they wouldn't have to send the money out of country, to begin with. So, we are intolerant of them regardless what they do.
   Now, along comes Donald Trump. He speaks of a wall between Mexico and the U.S., a wall that has long been thought of, but one which he promises to make a reality. His pitch warms the hearts of enough voters that its helping propel him to the presidency. He's said he will make Mexico pay for the wall, and Mexico has said, no, we're not going to do that.
  So, Trump says he will seize the monies being sent home to Mexico by the hard workers who come to the United States. If I understand him correctly, he plans on intercepting electronic transfers and confiscating the money.
   Sounds to me like taking from the poor to pay the rich, for they certainly are the poor and the United States certainly is the rich. I guess the thought is, since they shouldn't be sending the money out of country to their starving families, in the first place, we are justified in taking the money away from them. It's not like they have a right to do that: supporting their indigent families when it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy. That's simply wrong.
    Such a charitable, wonderful people, we are.
   Well, I don't know whether Trump plans on confiscating every electronic transfer that heads into Mexico, or just the ones by those who are sending money to their families. What about transfers from Americans who have kin vacationing down there? I suppose their vacationing down there is a wrong thing, too. Since they are choosing to vacation in a foreign land, all the money they spend there is being drained out of the U.S. economy. That's simply wrong.
   We might want to make it a law that it's illegal to vacation outside America. And, anybody who is caught doing it, let's confiscate all the money they attempt to spend.