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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think we will ever see the $2000 that tRump said we will get from the tariffs. I don't.
drray23
(8,528 posts)They will probably roll it out a few weeks before the election to buy votes.
debm55
(53,080 posts)at140
(6,199 posts)Congress has to go along and authorize it. It will be an attempt to buy votes.
debm55
(53,080 posts)wcmagumba
(5,279 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)3auld6phart
(1,669 posts)But a bunch of magggots will be.
debm55
(53,080 posts)gay texan
(3,119 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)a kennedy
(34,965 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)a kennedy
(34,965 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)very great and Happy Thanksgiving. my friend.
a kennedy
(34,965 posts)Abolishinist
(2,846 posts)It will all depend on one's voter registration.
debm55
(53,080 posts)Greg_In_SF
(730 posts)not
debm55
(53,080 posts)orangecrush
(27,679 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)orangecrush
(27,679 posts)SheltieLover
(75,281 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)misanthrope
(9,332 posts)The only reason he has said he now has a solution for the Obamacare subsidies is because he is scared his party is going to lose control of things. He sees services for his subjects as little more than bribery.
debm55
(53,080 posts)Gaugamela
(3,100 posts)would have to appropriate it. That's 600 billion out of the pockets of our precious billionaires, unless they raise the debt ceiling, which would add to the national debt. All that just to throw the peasants a bone that will be spent in 6 weeks catching up on bills.
It might give the stock market a brief boost, but in the end I don't think the billionaires would go for it.
debm55
(53,080 posts)wcmagumba
(5,279 posts)Don't need...
debm55
(53,080 posts)wcmagumba
(5,279 posts)too many wheels for a 68 year old although my balance is not as good as it used to be so three wheels might be easier to manage...
debm55
(53,080 posts)hlthe2b
(112,262 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)hlthe2b
(112,262 posts)such funds to be dispersed in that way. I sincerely hope few Americans believe his lies on this.
debm55
(53,080 posts)on.
GP6971
(37,306 posts)debm55
(53,080 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,859 posts)and the tooth fairy 🧚♀️ graces me with a million+ dollars.
(Of course, if the tooth fairy 🧚♀️ graces me with a million+ dollars, I won't need that measly two thousand, will I? 😄 )
debm55
(53,080 posts)Aussie105
(7,440 posts)$2,000?
Gosh! Smells of bribery and desperation.
Politicians used to prefer policy statements to attract voters.
Is this the New Way?
Anyhow, the cost of the tariffs probably works out to more than $2K per working & voting age people.
Does Trump still think tariffs are paid by other countries?
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Bother, text didn't come across!
Use your imagination: Bart is writing 'Tariffs are good!'
https://www.thewordfinder.com/simpsons-chalkboard/
debm55
(53,080 posts)DBoon
(24,540 posts)He didn't pay his contractors, why should he follow through on a promise to American citizens?
debm55
(53,080 posts)IbogaProject
(5,459 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:07 AM - Edit history (1)
And I'd suspect they will use a restrictive definition where one only qualifies if one paid tax on investment gains.