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riversedge

(78,337 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:25 AM Oct 3

Trump is says he will give Americans $1000 or $2000 in dividends because he's making so much money from the tariffs.

I see it as buying votes.


Ron Smith @Ronxyz00
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Trump is says he will give Americans $1000 or $2000 in dividends because he's making so much money from the tariffs.

Sorry folks, you're gonna be waiting this like the DOGE checks.


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Trump is says he will give Americans $1000 or $2000 in dividends because he's making so much money from the tariffs. (Original Post) riversedge Oct 3 OP
That will go a short way to offset the cost of my new car. dem4decades Oct 3 #1
So, you're deigning to give us back a portion of OUR money you've usurped from us through Executive Decree? AZJonnie Oct 3 #2
Well darn, markodochartaigh Oct 3 #3
Will be forgotten in a week. Mike Niendorff Oct 3 #4
Robs from the poor and then gives back a little. Emile Oct 3 #5
What was the point of the tariffs again? Wiz Imp Oct 3 #6
As long as you don't mention Epstein or his tiny hands or his Buddyzbuddy Oct 3 #7
He's worried about JustAnotherGen Oct 3 #8
Right after the DOGE checks hit our mailboxes, right, Fuckstick? hatrack Oct 3 #9
Yeah, it was $5K for DOGE and $5K for tariffs. Who's skimming the profits? TheBlackAdder Oct 3 #16
Well, isn't that special? Especially considering it was our money in the first place. Vinca Oct 3 #10
Giving Americans a check and just lumping it into the national debt Takket Oct 3 #11
Mob behavior jayschool2013 Oct 3 #12
Doesn't cover individual costs most are paying for his actions kerouac2 Oct 3 #13
Yep. $2000 is maybe a couple months of groceries and gas for a family of four. tanyev Oct 3 #19
Jesus. So now we're shareholders of our own government? Iris Oct 3 #14
The stupid is so thick at this point Cosmocat Oct 3 #15
Adding more inflation to the big beautiful Trump stagflation dalton99a Oct 3 #17
They took in $200 billion. 150,000,000 checks would be $150 billion or $300 billion. Revenue? Deficit? Debt? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 3 #18
Your math is off maxrandb Oct 3 #20
No. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 3 #21
Our family has decided just to draw names. We all get one present and seems fair to all. riversedge Oct 3 #30
$1000 or $2000? Which is it? Liberal In Texas Oct 3 #22
1000 for registered Ds; 2000 for everyone else Iris Oct 3 #24
ha ha. You probably are spot on! riversedge Oct 3 #31
The check's in the mail.... Bristlecone Oct 3 #23
Isnt the 2025 deficit going to be well over 1 trillion? Johonny Oct 3 #25
Tax credit jonstl08 Oct 3 #26
Fucking nutz Botany Oct 3 #27
Yeah, tell me another fairy tale, Donny DinahMoeHum Oct 3 #28
Returning a quarter of what we're paying for the dumb tariffs Prairie Gates Oct 3 #29
He leaned a lesson from 2020. There was talk of another COVID supplemental payment underpants Oct 3 #32
I'm getting mine... lame54 Oct 3 #33
*give a bribe. Fixed it for you Arazi Oct 3 #34
Trump's full of shit, as usual. oasis Oct 3 #35
If I Rebl2 Oct 3 #36
trump lies often and a lot. republianmushroom Oct 3 #37
That will pay for ASA health care increases for one month, or two. applegrove Oct 4 #38

AZJonnie

(1,846 posts)
2. So, you're deigning to give us back a portion of OUR money you've usurped from us through Executive Decree?
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:45 AM
Oct 3

THANK YOU SO MUCH, OH KIND, BENEVOLENT, GENIUS, AND HANDSOME LEADER!

Mike Niendorff

(3,631 posts)
4. Will be forgotten in a week.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:56 AM
Oct 3

Just the latest distraction.

Re-open the government, and release the Epstein Files!


MDN

Wiz Imp

(7,676 posts)
6. What was the point of the tariffs again?
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 06:14 AM
Oct 3

Revenue taken in by the US Treasury in FY 2025 (includes tariffs) = $4.69 Trillion.

US Spending in FY 2025 $6.66 Trillion.

Surplus = NEGATIVE $1.97 Trillion

Amount added to National debt = $1.97 Trillion

Giving tariff dividend would increase the amount added to the debt to well over $2 Trillion.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,679 posts)
7. As long as you don't mention Epstein or his tiny hands or his
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:12 AM
Oct 3

fat butt or his wide hips or Epstein.

JustAnotherGen

(37,217 posts)
8. He's worried about
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:12 AM
Oct 3

The November 5th SCOTUS Ruling re legality of the Tarrifs.

They aren't. They are an Intolerable Act against US Manufacturing.

Vinca

(52,829 posts)
10. Well, isn't that special? Especially considering it was our money in the first place.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:26 AM
Oct 3

Will I get back the extra $3 a bag I've been paying for coffee?

Takket

(23,290 posts)
11. Giving Americans a check and just lumping it into the national debt
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:27 AM
Oct 3

Is a pretty standard gop tactic going back to Shrub.

jayschool2013

(2,599 posts)
12. Mob behavior
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:29 AM
Oct 3

"You know that guy we whacked who got in the way during our big heist?"

"Yeah."

"Send his wife a nice fruit basket."

kerouac2

(1,324 posts)
13. Doesn't cover individual costs most are paying for his actions
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:02 AM
Oct 3

Drop in the bucket compared to increased costs we now have. Plus we are getting less. And let's not forget about all those who were and will be out of work. But the sheeple will hail it as a huge success.

tanyev

(48,049 posts)
19. Yep. $2000 is maybe a couple months of groceries and gas for a family of four.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:29 AM
Oct 3

If they’re careful.

Cosmocat

(15,306 posts)
15. The stupid is so thick at this point
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:12 AM
Oct 3

This will be totally lost on the public at large.

But, this is dead on, in theory.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,499 posts)
18. They took in $200 billion. 150,000,000 checks would be $150 billion or $300 billion. Revenue? Deficit? Debt?
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:29 AM
Oct 3

He's trying to buy love.

maga suckers will think it's free money. There are still many maga who swear up and down that foreign countries are paying the tariff taxes, not themselves.

Shelves will be a bit thin as Black Friday and christmas near. Cheques would only increase competition for scarcer goods, which leads to inflation on top of tariff inflation.

maxrandb

(16,900 posts)
20. Your math is off
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:44 AM
Oct 3

The checks will only go to Donnie Dipshit voters.

That's how 'MuriKKKa works these days.

Liberal In Texas

(15,701 posts)
22. $1000 or $2000? Which is it?
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:56 AM
Oct 3

Oh, just a boast to make the rubes forget the Epstein files for a day.
The result will be that it'll never happen.

jonstl08

(503 posts)
26. Tax credit
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:29 AM
Oct 3

He will probably do a refundable tax credit when you file your taxes next year. But to receive it you have to file so some people are not required to file due to low incomes. Those people would need to file.

Botany

(75,523 posts)
27. Fucking nutz
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:29 AM
Oct 3

Btw foreign countries, businesses, and agricultural sectors are not paying those tariffs the
American People are.

Prairie Gates

(6,459 posts)
29. Returning a quarter of what we're paying for the dumb tariffs
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:34 AM
Oct 3

Great deal, everyone.

Honestly, if you don't have a bug-out plan at this point, you must be out your damn mind.

underpants

(193,449 posts)
32. He leaned a lesson from 2020. There was talk of another COVID supplemental payment
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:43 AM
Oct 3

very close to the election. From what I understood McConnell talked him out of doing it. Trump fell for it. That one last check with his name on it could have gone a long way.

Rebl2

(17,085 posts)
36. If I
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:05 AM
Oct 3

we’re to get that money I would give it to either the Democratic Party or an organization that is liberal. By the way, I don’t expect to get any money from that jerk.

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