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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is says he will give Americans $1000 or $2000 in dividends because he's making so much money from the tariffs.
I see it as buying votes.
Ron Smith @Ronxyz00
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Trump is says he will give Americans $1000 or $2000 in dividends because he's making so much money from the tariffs.
Sorry folks, you're gonna be waiting this like the DOGE checks.
Link to tweet
dem4decades
(14,381 posts)AZJonnie
(4,024 posts)THANK YOU SO MUCH, OH KIND, BENEVOLENT, GENIUS, AND HANDSOME LEADER!
markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)I bet if I were a billionaire Trump would give me a lot more than a thousand or two.
Mike Niendorff
(3,666 posts)Just the latest distraction.
Re-open the government, and release the Epstein Files!
MDN
Emile
(43,268 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,416 posts)Revenue taken in by the US Treasury in FY 2025 (includes tariffs) = $4.69 Trillion.
US Spending in FY 2025 $6.66 Trillion.
Surplus = NEGATIVE $1.97 Trillion
Amount added to National debt = $1.97 Trillion
Giving tariff dividend would increase the amount added to the debt to well over $2 Trillion.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,906 posts)fat butt or his wide hips or Epstein.
JustAnotherGen
(38,109 posts)The November 5th SCOTUS Ruling re legality of the Tarrifs.
They aren't. They are an Intolerable Act against US Manufacturing.
hatrack
(65,148 posts)TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)Vinca
(54,332 posts)Will I get back the extra $3 a bag I've been paying for coffee?
Takket
(23,803 posts)Is a pretty standard gop tactic going back to Shrub.
jayschool2013
(2,611 posts)"You know that guy we whacked who got in the way during our big heist?"
"Yeah."
"Send his wife a nice fruit basket."
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Drop in the bucket compared to increased costs we now have. Plus we are getting less. And let's not forget about all those who were and will be out of work. But the sheeple will hail it as a huge success.
tanyev
(49,682 posts)If theyre careful.
Iris
(16,890 posts)Cosmocat
(15,469 posts)This will be totally lost on the public at large.
But, this is dead on, in theory.
dalton99a
(95,269 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)He's trying to buy love.
maga suckers will think it's free money. There are still many maga who swear up and down that foreign countries are paying the tariff taxes, not themselves.
Shelves will be a bit thin as Black Friday and christmas near. Cheques would only increase competition for scarcer goods, which leads to inflation on top of tariff inflation.
maxrandb
(17,500 posts)The checks will only go to Donnie Dipshit voters.
That's how 'MuriKKKa works these days.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)riversedge
(81,541 posts)Liberal In Texas
(16,428 posts)Oh, just a boast to make the rubes forget the Epstein files for a day.
The result will be that it'll never happen.
Iris
(16,890 posts)riversedge
(81,541 posts)Bristlecone
(11,189 posts)Johonny
(26,607 posts)jonstl08
(576 posts)He will probably do a refundable tax credit when you file your taxes next year. But to receive it you have to file so some people are not required to file due to low incomes. Those people would need to file.
Botany
(77,863 posts)Btw foreign countries, businesses, and agricultural sectors are not paying those tariffs the
American People are.
DinahMoeHum
(23,680 posts)n/t
Prairie Gates
(8,479 posts)Great deal, everyone.
Honestly, if you don't have a bug-out plan at this point, you must be out your damn mind.
underpants
(197,181 posts)very close to the election. From what I understood McConnell talked him out of doing it. Trump fell for it. That one last check with his name on it could have gone a long way.
lame54
(40,099 posts)In 2 weeks
Arazi
(8,887 posts)oasis
(53,985 posts)Rebl2
(17,930 posts)were to get that money I would give it to either the Democratic Party or an organization that is liberal. By the way, I dont expect to get any money from that jerk.
republianmushroom
(22,702 posts)applegrove
(133,103 posts)
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