| ▲ | latch a day ago |
| Who's angry about how people are spending their already-taxed income? Is that really a thing? Is it sincere or just racism masked as "think of the economy"? (Honest question, Not American. Don't live there, news to me). |
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| ▲ | itake a day ago | parent [-] |
| The big beautiful bill included a 1% foreign remittance tax for outbound international transfers funded using physical cash, money orders, and cashier's checks. |
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| ▲ | LadyCailin a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Which notably, doesn’t affect money transfers in general, just ways that poor people transfer money, so the concern as stated is not in good faith at all, but rather a way to further punish migrant workers, primarily Mexicans, and is absolutely racial animosity. | | |
| ▲ | account42 a day ago | parent [-] | | You could also say it affects money transfers that can be used to avoid taxing that money in the US. | | |
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