"A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone," says the president
There are, of course, a few problems here.
If and when SCOTUS overturns Trump's use of tariffs, the federal government will have to refund that $200,000,000,000.00 to corporations.
Not to those of us who had to spend more because of the tariffs.
Nope. That $200,000,000,000.00 will go to the corporations who imported goods and paid the tariffs.
So, you and I paid more for goods over the past whatever months to corporations who paid the federal government the tariffs.
So, when tariffs are refunded, they go back to the corporations, right?
And, will the corporations be sending checks to you and I, because that would be the right thing to do?
LOL
Just more transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the wealthy.
Almost like it was planned.
And then there's THIS problem:
"A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone," the Trump.
OK, some simple math here
US Population: 342,000,000
US population minus the 10-15% or so ~high-income~ folk: 300,000,000
So, okay, let's go ...
300,000,000 people times $2,000.00 per person is $600,000,000,000.00
Tariff collection so far in 2025 has been around $200,000,000,000.00
But we've already determined that that $200,000,000,000.00 was going to go to corporations, right?
So, where will the $600,000,000,000.00 come from?
Is this not a time to celebrate the fact that two conservatives voted for this? That not all conservatives are in the back pocket of Trump? I mean, I've read numerous comments predicting the doom and gloom of the Supreme Court since Trump got in charge of sh*t. Sure, not all the conservatives voted for this, but c'mon y'all...this IS a huge deal and maybe should give a bit of hope and damnit...can't anyone acknowledge that there are conservatives AND liberals who together do the right thing?
Good Lord...maybe I missed it, but I didn't even see anyone here acknowledge last December when BOTH parties AND Trump did the right thing when a bill was UNANIMOUSY PASSED and signed by TRUMP making animal cruelty a federal crime and Trump issuing orders to create a task force to enforce it and then also Trump directing the FDA to start enforcing the regulations and laws governing the ethical treatment of animals in research labs or Trump saying he wants to see an end to all animal research, after all AI can do better now anyways. Of course Trump says a lot of bullshht, but when he actually DOES something right, maybe giving some thumbs up might encourage him to do more good things. The media BARELY gave this stuff any coverage and I only found out by accidentally seeing ONE story online by ABC. If the media would have blasted the amazing-ness of it, it would trigger Trump to do more...he craves it when the media has to acknowledge He and both Dems and Repubs did something RIGHT...And let him take all the credit "There's never been a president like me fighting for the animals..." Use his own ego to propel him to do the right things. Just MY opinion.
Is it THAT hard to give credit where credit is due? That's why I'm an independent, even if I can't spell it correctly in my username LOL ;-) Choosing a "side" would make me want to be loyal and ignore the wrongs that my side does and ignore the good when the other side does.
That's what I'm doing...this shows there IS hope....that there are still folks in the Supreme Court who are basing their judgements on the law and not politics.