Posted on 07/29/2025 8:11:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
lets see... the country is deep in debt, with lingering inflation still a problem.
So... lets take this extra money, and instead of reducing debt, just give it out, which will push more cash into the system, therefore raising prices.
Dumbest f’ing idea i’ve ever heard.
Do we really need these gimmicks? Just stop wasting money!! Not that some extra money wouldn’t be nice for everyone, but the effect could be inflationary...
Bad idea. Remember all the fraud around those Covid relief checks? Well, expect more of the same with tariff rebate checks. Put the money towards paying down the debt instead. That would be the responsible thing to do.
On the other hand, Democrats have been buying votes forever. I suppose Republicans would like to give it a try, too.
Democrats: The Party of Treason
GOP: The Stupid Party
Either pay down the debt or use the money for primary and secondary school vouchers.
Bad idea. First, there is no way to relate the amount of the rebate to the amount the recipient spent on tariff products. Indeed, I expect the most vocal groups in favor of the rebates are the same people who spent the least on tariff products. Second, there are better ways to use the funds, like paying down the debt that you clowns in DC have racked up.
I agree—this is a completely retarded idea.
Retards.
Split it 50-50 between deficit reduction and missile procurement.
THAT is in the best interests of the American people.
Just pay the debt. Stop trying to buy votes.
Yes, they spiked the inflation big time.
In a perfect world maybe, but there are millions who want to see something concrete and even a $600 check is what is needed on the campaign trail for the mid terms. Kind of like a goodwill insurance everyone will remember to get through the decade.
QE was the first step of revealing the true meaning of money.
This idea just continues that path.
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There are two aspects to tariffs. They are to bring manufacturing home. They are to generate government revenue.
The two are mutually exclusive. If you bring manufacturing home, you stop generating that revenue. And if you are generating revenue, that means you failed to bring manufacturing home.
Heads up, folks. Study the “deals” carefully. Not the Administration’s propaganda. The actual financial analysis.
It all started with the Japan deal last week, announcing how they were going to invest $550B in the US. The EU “deal” also has a feature like this.
Well, Japan elaborated on that and our MSM did not pick it up. Finance outlets did. Japan has said no, they were not sending $550B to the US to invest for a 90/10 profit split in favor of the US. What the “investment” category included was loans, loan guarantees and equity.
Japan says only about 1% of the total will be equity with that 90/10 profit split. The remainder of the $550B is to be loans — with the US paying interest on that loan.
Truth is, there is no scarcity of bank lending in the US. Japan was not required for loaned money, but that’s what the deal is, and the interest rate will be negotiated with Japan insisting on extra to cover that 1% equity with 90/10 split.
The same will hold true for the EU’s investment portion. The energy buy portion is completely undefined, particularly as to timeframe. It’s pretty easy to get $700B energy buy . . . over 20 years.
“Dumbest f’ing idea i’ve ever heard.”
From a financial perspective.
From a political perspective it is a great populist move.
You are 100% right. 👍👍
> there is no way to relate the amount of the rebate to the amount the recipient spent on tariff products <
Right. Plus there’s no easy way to verify that the recipients even exist. Like I mentioned earlier, it will be the Covid relief fraud all over again.
Then the Feds can spend the next 10 years tracking down people who submitted fake information and got huge rebate checks.
An attempt at vote buying. Plain and simple.
Dems aren’t the only ones who do it.
Interesting. Back in the day returning money to taxpayers was a good thing!
PAY DOWN THE DEBT!
How about cutting spending and paying down the debt?
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