Posted on 10/03/2025 12:25:30 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
President Trump said Thursday he’s still weighing the idea of giving Americans up to $2,000 in rebates derived from the revenues his tariff agenda has generated.
Trump’s proposal to share some of the hundreds of billions of dollars the federal government has collected since he slapped foreign nations with steep levies in April comes as the Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments in a case next month that will decide whether the president has the power to impose such sweeping global tariffs.
“They’re just starting to kick in,” Trump said of the tariffs in an interview with One America News Network, “but ultimately, your tariffs are going to be over a trillion dollars a year.”
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Pay down the national debt!!!!
$2,000 gambling trip coming up!!!
Go for the gambling, stay for the hookers. Charlie Sheen.
I could max out my Roth for the year with that.
Rename it the Ruinous Biden Inflation Refund and send it out. It’ll be popular.
Besides, I know how to better spend my dollars on me than the criminals in congress.
GWB tried something similar.
He lost the house in ‘06
No, no and no again. There is still a federal “budget” deficit. And even the tariff revenues only reduces the deficit slightly, it’s worth it, because the deficit means continued increases in the debt and interest on the debt is now by itself one of the highest single categories of federal expenses. Just like a family trying to undo its debt load, every little bit helps. The American people since Covid have become spoiled with hand outs for now reason at all.
ANYONE WHO DID NOT LOSE THEIR JOB, WAS NOT TEMPORARILY LAID OFF, OR HAD RETIREMENT INCOME THAT REMAINED SAFE DURING COVID deserved any “Covid stimulus checks” any time during the “pandemic”. That money was new borrowed money, which amounted to the printing of additional dollars, which added to the inflationary pressure of too much money chasing after too few goods. Yes, Biden made it worse by printing trillions more for his spending.
But there is no need for Trump to repeat those mistakes.
One has to wonder if some person he listens to is telling him his tariffs are drifting into price increases, and we wants to make up for that with his own “refunds”. Not a good idea.
The Dims will have plenty of P.R. arguments with which to say Trump himself is to blame for why Trump wants to hand out the refunds.
Well, if we’re going to buy votes, why are we being so cheap? Why not make it $10,000?
Inflation.
Well, if we’re going to buy votes, why are we being so cheap? Why not make it $10,000?
Punishment and correction/discipline may look the same but it depends on the heart of the people in involved.
The national debt isn't real.
When we are talking about 30 trillion dollars, 50 trillion dollars, whatever this number supposedly is, we are talking about something that is so abstract, it no longer has any meaning to anyone.
I'll take a $2,000 check, thank you very much.
“”I’ll take a $2,000 check, thank you very much.””
You have just self-identified as a NOT Conservative. Thanks.
Conservatism died in 2016.
“”Conservatism died in 2016.””
Not true. But if it were true, it would desperately need to be resuscitated and resurrected. Otherwise, our economy will never survive the assaults from the tax and spenders and the commie Cloward-Piveners. It will eventually collapse.
“But I will do it so that each household with the combined income under $100,000 get a rebate check.”
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Why penalize people who sacrificed, worked hard and diligently saved in order to fund a comfortable retirement for themselves? If they manage to make more than $100K in retirement good for them. Penalizing responsible people is not the answer.
It's smart politics.
Exit polls show Harris with 51% support among voters with a household income of $100,000 or more.
You make more money, you're more likely to be a progressive living in a blue city.
Trump represents the Middle Class.
The Democratic Party represents the Wealthy Elites who are trying to screw us over.
“When we are talking about 30 trillion dollars, 50 trillion dollars, whatever this number supposedly is, we are talking about something that is so abstract, it no longer has any meaning to anyone.”
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I get what you’re saying but here’s a fact that is not so abstract: Each taxpayer’s share of the current $37 trillion debt is $326,000 — a ridiculously impossible burden placed on us by the people we elected over the years.
“It’s smart politics.”
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It’s vote buying, not much different than what Democrats do.
Would you prefer the Democrats win in 2026?
How about a $2000 credit on capital gains, to those of us who invest in America?
That would be more to the point.
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