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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that President Donald Trump's proposal to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks to most Americans would require Congress' approval.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump's proposal to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks to most Americans would require Congress' approval. https://cnn.it/4peqsoH

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-- CNN (@cnn.com) Nov 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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... We need legislation for that ...

Legislation is also needed for tariffs (except for a snarrow exception)

Legislation is also needed to declare war on Venezuela.

etc.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-16 06:27 PM | Reply

- "$2,000 tariff rebate checks"

Just like the Border Wall that Mexico will pay for, one supposes.

There's a sucker born every minute. - PT Barnum

2K Rebates! - DJ Trump

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-16 06:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent bleated that beef prices are high because immigrants are smuggling diseased cattle from South America across the border: x.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-16 08:30 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

They'll be issued right after the $5000 DOGE checks.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-11-17 09:00 AM | Reply | Funny: 2 | Newsworthy 1

Even if this were remotely true, nobody would see that check until shortly before the midterms.

#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-11-17 09:06 AM | Reply

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent bleated that beef prices are high because immigrants are smuggling diseased cattle from South America across the border:

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-16 08:30 PM

I don't know about you, but I can't recall seeing any pictures of people swimming across the Rio Grande with a cow in tow or dragging a cow over a border fence or standing in line seeking asylum with a cow next to them.

OCU

#6 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-11-17 10:22 AM | Reply

translation: yet another Trump -------- about his --------, that will never happen. The checks will roll out the same day Mexico pays for the wall.

#7 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-11-17 10:55 AM | Reply

Won't happen, but if it was a 2 trillion tax cut for the .1%, no problem.

#8 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-11-17 11:32 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

- "$2,000 tariff rebate checks"
Just like the Border Wall that Mexico will pay for, one supposes.
There's a sucker born every minute. - PT Barnum
2K Rebates! - DJ Trump

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-16 06:39 PM | Reply | Flag:
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You mean like student loan forgiveness, free healthcare?

#10 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-11-17 12:12 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

#10 I think what Corky means are these promises kept ...

- 19th Amendment | Women's right to vote

- Apollo 11 | First manned moon mission (and all of the value-added innovations)

- Social Security | Social insurance program

- Medicare | Health insurance for seniors

- NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - the political and military alliance between the US, Canada and Europe

- Medicaid | Health care program for low income people

- Securities and Exchange Act Law | Oversee the trading of securities and protect investors

- Rural Electrification Act | Federal loans for the installation of electricity to serve rural areas

- Peace Corps | American volunteers promoting friendship, goodwill and peace around the world

- Unemployment Benefits | Temporary payments to the unemployed

- Fair Labor Standards Act | Ending the cruel practice of child labor

- Servicemen's Readjustment Act | The GI Bill, which has benefited millions of returning soldiers

- Federal Home Loan Program | Guaranteed loans that allowed millions of Americans to become homeowners

- National Industrial Recovery Act | 8 hour workday, minimum wage, paid overtime, and the right to collective bargaining

- National School Lunch Act | Free or low-cost meals for children who might otherwise go hungry

- 1965 Voting Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination in voting

- National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis | Forerunner of the March of Dimes

- Head Start Program | Comprehensive services for low income families

- 1964 Civil Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination and protects civil rights

- Marshall Plan European Recovery Act | Rebuilt a secure and peaceful Europe after World War II

- Financial Aid for Higher Education Loans | Guaranteed student loans that enabled over 50 million Americans to receive a college education

- Family and Medical Leave Act | Temporary unpaid leave and job protection to employees " for qualified medical and family reasons

- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act | Protect workers against pay discrimination

- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Health care reform: Preventive care screening, lower prescription drug costs, protection for pre-existing conditions among many other benefits

- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Pandemic recovery, economic stimulus payments, free vaccines, funeral expense assistance, expanded child tax credits, block grants for schools, funds for small business and many other benefits

What have the GOPyers given us?

- a $37.000,000,000,000.00 debt

- free taxpayer money to the uber wealthy

You're welcome.

#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-17 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

You mean the things you hate?

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-17 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#12 was for #10 aka FPus

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-17 12:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Update ...


Trump says no $2,000 checks before Christmas but expects them to go out next year
www.scrippsnews.com

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-17 02:34 PM | Reply

There's a sucker born every minute. - PT Barnum
2K Rebates! - DJ Trump
#2 | Posted by Corky

Funny how both of these men knew to switch fro Dem to Pub when it was time to run for office.
Con men know where the easy marks are.

#15 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-11-17 02:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

John Maynard Keynes comes to the rescue! Print more money!

#16 | Posted by john47 at 2025-11-17 03:34 PM | Reply

You mean like student loan forgiveness

Something that's already part of the contract and statutory authority of the DoE.

Try again, dips*&^.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-17 08:17 PM | Reply

"We will see" if Bessent is bulletproof.

#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-17 09:26 PM | Reply

@#2 ... here's a sucker born every minute. - PT Barnum ...

Funny you should mention him.

I drive by the house he was born in from time to time.

He also was elected Mayor of Bridgeport, CT.

P. T. Barnum
en.wikipedia.org

... Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 " April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.[1] He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me."[2]

According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers".[2] The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.[3] ...

Barnum served two terms in the Connecticut legislature in 1865 as a Republican for Fairfield, Connecticut.

He spoke before the legislature concerning the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude: "A human soul, 'that God has created and Christ died for,' is not to be trifled with. It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab, or a Hottentot"it is still an immortal spirit."[5]

He was elected in 1875 as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he worked to improve the water supply, bring gas lighting to streets and enforce liquor and prostitution laws.

He was instrumental in the inception of Bridgeport Hospital in 1878 and was its first president.[6]

The circus business, begun when he was 60 years old, was the source of much of his enduring fame. He established P. T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome in 1870, a traveling circus, menagerie and museum of "freaks" that adopted many names over the years. ...



fwiw ...


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-17 11:13 PM | Reply

Not sure I even knew Barnum was a politician until TFDNihilist brought it up.

Thanks for filling in the blanks; seems like he was a mixed bag of contradictions.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-17 11:19 PM | Reply

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