Stimulus Checks On The Way?

Perhaps the biggest obstacle is that the numbers don’t add up.

Tariffs are undoubtedly generating gobs of money for the federal government.

Trump’s new tariffs are projected to raise $158.4 billion in total revenue in 2025, and another $207.5 billion in 2026, according to estimates from the Tax Foundation.

It’s hard to say exactly how much tariff dividend checks will cost because virtually no details have been released.

Still, the Tax Foundation modeled three designs for tariff dividends – and all of them would cost more than the new tariffs are projected to bring in this year.

For instance, if the checks went out only to tax filers and spouses, and had a hard cut off at $100,000 in individual income, they would still cost $279.8 billion, according to the analysis. That’s $121 billion more than projected new tariff revenue this year.

At the high end of the scenarios analyzed, tariff dividends could go out to tax filers and non-filers as well as spouses and dependents. That would cost up to $606.8 billion – or nearly double the combined 2025 and 2026 projected new tariff revenue.
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Another major problem is Congress would need to sign off on dividend checks – and it’s far from clear there are the votes for that.

Deficit hawks were already reluctant to back the president’s tax law and this would only magnify budget worries.
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There’s no doubt many Americans could use $2,000 checks from Uncle Sam as they struggle to catch up to high prices at the grocery store, on car insurance and elsewhere.

However, some economists warn that stimulus checks could backfire by worsening the affordability crisis.

The problem is that while some people may use the money to pay down debt, others would likely spend it, and that would increase demand. As the last inflation crisis demonstrated, boosting demand without increasing supply drives up prices.

In fact, many Republicans blamed former President Joe Biden’s 2021 stimulus checks for causing the inflation crisis. That could make it difficult for those same lawmakers to support Trump-era stimulus checks.

Academic research has found those stimulus checks contributed to the four-decade high in inflation, though they were hardly the only factor. Trillions of dollars in other stimulus, including Trump’s 2020 stimulus checks and the Paycheck Protection Program also contributed.
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Beyond the budget, political and economic obstacles, there are legal ones, too.

Most Supreme Court justices during oral arguments earlier this month sounded skeptical about Trump’s reliance on emergency powers to impose his global tariffs.

The Tax Foundation estimates the tariffs that could get struck down account for about 75% of the new tariff revenue coming in.
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Ways it's not happening
 
ChicagoFigure said:
He wants ppl to still remember by mid terms
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With the holiday season here and so many people hurting (directly because of him and his asinine policies) it would’ve been a smarter play to just give out this chump change now, and at least try to pretend like he gives a damn.

With the current course of events , there's absolutely nothing this monster can do that will win back whatever favor he had, especially once people healthcare subsidies start to increase and many outright lose their coverage (again because of him)
 
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L.L.R.J. said:
This is so off topic but this popped up on my YouTube

This can’t be real, but it is

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Sorry, when i saw dudes face and it was an automotive question, cant bring myself to click. Dude has some real horrible takes on auto stuff. I saw a video of him saying getting a new car is dumb, the smart thing to do is buy an american car made in the 90's, cuz according to him they last forever, because they're made really well and need no maintenance. Thats so wrong i question his "advice" on anything.

But to get back on topic, i swear some of these "callers" on these type of shows are fake saying nonsense to get views. When i had cable, sometimes id stop on them for a sec to watch. It would be him or Suze Orman. I've heard dumb questions on their show from both ends of the spectrum.

I heard a millionaire (had like a mill in savings and over a mill in retirement with like no debt) ask if they can afford to "splurge" on a like $1,500 ring. And i've also heard a housewife whos fam has debt and is doing meh, ask if she should spend almost like 6 figures for her to go back to school to get her masters, cuz she just feels like it, but doesnt plan on using it.

You wannt believe its real cuz a lot of americans are stupid af, but at the same time you're just like, "they cant be this stupid".
 
LurkerSix said:
Sorry, when i saw dudes face and it was an automotive question, cant bring myself to click. Dude has some real horrible takes on auto stuff. I saw a video of him saying getting a new car is dumb, the smart thing to do is buy an american car made in the 90's, cuz according to him they last forever, because they're made really well and need no maintenance. Thats so wrong i question his "advice" on anything.

But to get back on topic, i swear some of these "callers" on these type of shows are fake saying nonsense to get views. When i had cable, sometimes id stop on them for a sec to watch. It would be him or Suze Orman. I've heard dumb questions on their show from both ends of the spectrum.

I heard a millionaire (had like a mill in savings and over a mill in retirement with like no debt) ask if they can afford to "splurge" on a like $1,500 ring. And i've also heard a housewife whos fam has debt and is doing meh, ask if she should spend almost like 6 figures for her to go back to school to get her masters, cuz she just feels like it, but doesnt plan on using it.

You want believe its real cuz a lot of americans are stupid af, but at the same time you're just like, "they cant be this stupid".
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I loved watching Suze Orman on CNBC. I feel like her advice was a little more realistic than Dave Ramsey.
 
Tayboo said:
I loved watching Suze Orman on CNBC. I feel like her advice was a little more realistic than Dave Ramsey.
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His advice is barely good. Its like the start of good advice, but you have to then go somewhere else to get the rest of it. Plus he's apparently a POS. Screaming at his employees, pulling out a gun during a meeting. Was cheating on his wife with an employee then fired her cuz she got pregnant. And to top it all off, of course he's a Christian weirdo that takes advantage of churches by having them host his stuff for free and volunteer, but he takes all the money.
 
TheNightKing said:
He giving out reverse stimmies lol. Once y’all do get your shit up and running you can thank him for the price of the gas you putting in those cars.
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I threw $10 in the tank earlier, looked at the pump like "$4.09 a fuckin gallon???!!!" and heard the sad jazz sax playing while that lil ass two and a half gallons pumped into the ride.
 
LurkerSix said:
Sorry, when i saw dudes face and it was an automotive question, cant bring myself to click. Dude has some real horrible takes on auto stuff. I saw a video of him saying getting a new car is dumb, the smart thing to do is buy an american car made in the 90's, cuz according to him they last forever, because they're made really well and need no maintenance. Thats so wrong i question his "advice" on anything.
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He's not lying about any of this.


Any car is going to need maintenance every once in a while............but it's better than having a car note.
 
konceptjones said:
I threw $10 in the tank earlier, looked at the pump like "$4.09 a fuckin gallon???!!!" and heard the sad jazz sax playing while that lil ass two and a half gallons pumped into the ride.
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