The amazingly stupid thing about this $5k bribe from Trump is that it is supposed to be paid for by tariff revenue
Posted on September 10, 2026 at 01:12:26 PM by Alpo
Setting aside the fact that tariff revenue -- *before* Trump had to start rebating it back to companies after the Suprme Court ruled some of them as illegal -- is only $300b or so and the cost of this ridiculous idea would be $1.2 or .3 trillion, is that tariff revenue is paid for by the very people to whom he is going to send these "dividends." IOW, he is going to tax everybody through tariffs, and then send them that money back as a "dividend" and act like this is some kind of successful program. Oh, and of course we've got a $2.1t deficit, including the tariff revenue, so anything he sends out is only going to add to that.
The whole point is to get low-turnout and low-IQ voters, who overwhelmingly support Trump -- to vote in this upcoming election. Anybody voting based on this ought to be in a mental institution.
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The amazingly stupid thing about this $5k bribe from Trump is that it is supposed to be paid for by tariff revenue
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September 10, 2026 at 01:12:26 PM
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