Woman reports: "Well, Trump just announced today that he was giving every US citizen who is not a high income earner a $2,000 dividend check. He said, quote, "A dividend of at least $2,000 a person, not including high income people, will be paid to everyone."
Where's the money coming from, you ask? It's coming from the tariff revenue.
Is it tariff revenue just us getting our own money back, you ask? Yes. However, $1,300 is the projected extra spending per US household in 2025 versus 2024 due to the tariffs. An average household includes 2.5 people, which is $520 extra per person per year. Since the checks we're each getting is $2,000, that means you're being paid back what you paid into the tariffs plus another $1,480.
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