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Y’all all know about Juanita’s favorite wacko in the Texas House of Representatives:  Leo Berman.  Leo “Damn, I Hate Mexicans” Berman has a new bill.

There are bad bills, and then there are mean-spirited bad bills. No way should the Texas Legislature approve state Rep. Leo Berman’s bill that would add an 8 percent fee to remittances sent to Mexico and other Latin American countries.

But there would be no 8 percent added when a person in the U.S. sends money to family members in other countries — Canada, Europe …

Berman, a Republican from Tyler, said the fee might raise some $60 million annually, and that money could go to agencies that provide indigent care. He said Latin Americans make up some 99 percent of indigent-care persons in this country.

Juanita admits she does not know where Leo came up with that 99% number but she suspects you should reference his patootie if you quote it.

Now, Leo has thought this sucker through, but he’s doing the two-step while the band is playing a waltz.  Leo says that he’ll refund the 8% tax to natural born US citizens if they fill out a form and mail it, along with proof of citizenship, to the Texas Comptroller’s office.

“I believe that who I send money to falls under the category of none of Leo’s damn business,” Juanita stomps.

And even though Leo’s shenanigans might bring it $60 million dollars, a number also referenced by Leo’s esteemed and apparently fact-filled patootie, the State Comptroller says that she’ll have to hire staff of an additional 50 full-time employees to not only bank the collections, but handle the refunds and conduct audits on businesses that take the 8 percent fee.

So, this ain’t about making money.  This is about being mean to poor people, which is Leo’s specialty.  Juanita swears he was baptized in vinegar.