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Originally Posted by lurker  10,000 Mexican wage earners' taking home $200.00 per week directly places $2,000,000.00 (million) into the local economy. Using the same factor of 5 that was supported by the Kansas gamblers story in that newspaper, I'd happen to guess we see ... oh.... ummmmm.... prolly 20 million turnover dollarz from our mexicanz... |
But how much of that is sent out of the country each week? You can't spend it here if it's south of the border.
The military in 1967 or 68 put a limit on the amount a GI could send home from Nam in an attempt to get a handle on the lucrative black market.