Trump really giving out $2000 to the American people?

[Simslover92]

Saw this on my news feed.

https://share.newsbreak.com/fveeepou

[AviatorTom]

I doubt individual checks will be sent out to people. Instead, people may get additional tax breaks, no taxes on tips, lower federal fuel tax, etc. that effectively total up to about a $2000 savings.

[Twalli]

And with the tariff increases in prices costing consumers about $1,800 more, it averages $200.

[KostasKouvalis]

Omg! PLEASE let this be true! If he does I'm going on another trip

[Twalli]

The plan outlined said that the cutoff is making less than $100,000. I'm pretty sure if you have the income to go on a trip, you're over the income threshold.

[KostasKouvalis]

@Twalli You think you need to make 100 K to travel? 🤦‍♂️ I'm not vacationing in Monoco or St. Barts

[Twalli]

100k a year isn't a lot. Heck, I made 240k a year.

[KostasKouvalis]

@Twalli And somehow, I have a more lavish lifestyle then you

[KostasKouvalis]

Oh healthcare. You're a good thief.

[KostasKouvalis]

Now I feel bad because I hate boasting and being cocky and arrogant, but I knew a guy who worked a minumum wage job back when it was only $9 an hour and could afford to go to Europe evey year, so I don't know where you got this delusional idea that you need to make 100 k to travel.
It's not how much you make, it's how well you manage it. If you're making 200K a year and can't afford a holiday, you ever have very high standards or manage your income poorly

[Twalli]

I can afford one financially, but I don't have any place I really want to go that isn't too expensive.

[NaultD]

Alaska does this every year in October. Got $1100 byt it should've been over $3000 by older calculations.

So it's possible but it does have to come from somewhere. With Alaska it's the trans alaskan pipeline and oil. Basically residents are share holders almost like a stock in company. Don is clearly pulling this money out of his ass so it's not going to be Materialize anything.

It is interesting to see if anybody taxes the hell out of AI and give the money back to the people as it steals jobs.

[MisterWack]

$2,000 doesn’t pay for his tariffs, if anything he admits that tariffs raised prices for consumers. So why not pull tariffs back or stop this madness now? Because it is profitable, extremely profitable increasing the wealth of the richest while the American people get screwed over.

If your buddy took $5 from you every week for the past year then gave you back $60, does that sound like a good deal to you? Oh and by the way he continues to take the $5.

This isn’t policy, it is robbery.

[sage2021]

It's the same old thing. Only people who do their taxes will qualify.
But there are some people who don't make enough money to have to do taxes. So, they always get screwed and they are the one's suffering the worst.

I've seen all different amounts of money that will go to the tax paying Americans. I've been $1400 and $1600, now $2000. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Sal_Monella]

I haven't filed taxes in 4 years. Insufficient income. But I did for 48 years. Does that count?

[sage2021]

@Sal_Monella

No, that doesn't count. It only counts and qualities you if you did your taxes in 2023 AND 2024.

[Lliam]

He has been talking about this for almost a year. I'm not holding my breath.
Also, it will probably be contingent on a person's tax returns. I doubt if the government will just be sending out checks to every citizens who is below a certain income level.

[Friendlybro79]

Can't really trust what he says. He's not an honest person. Where's the Doge checks? He just says whatever he wants. He just wants his polls to go up.

Reality is we can't rely on the government to help. Many need two and three jobs now to survive. We can count on our paychecks being garnished for them to give foreign governments bombs to kill women and children and know it will be used as little of it here to benefit us as possible. It's funny but our tax money should make our lives better but it does not.

[Spencer10]

If it happens it will not be good for inflation. Basic economics will apply. People will spend... demand will increase... supply will decrease... prices will rise. This will make inflation worse. Best to pay down the ridiculous and unsustainable US debt.

[Kaneki05]

Maybe you'll figure out how inflation works in a couple more years. This being given out won't do much and inflation always levels out and is always on the rise as it's the way it naturally works but let's worry about it forever cause why not?

[Ariesman81]

@Spencer10

I get what Trump is doing, trying to incentivize paying taxes, but you're right, this stimulus will do the same as all the others. It's the one thing Trump has done that I'm really opposed to. He needs to stay consistent with his policy of no subsidies.

[goaded]

@Kaneki05 Inflation is (almost) always positive, but it rises and falls, too. Today's 3% inflation is worse than last year's 2%, which was down from the peak of 9%.

Prices don't generally go down, although that's what Trump was promising before his election.

[Spencer10]

@goaded Prices can go down... but that usually requires an economic downturn. The Pandemic does not count since supply and demand where messed up due to supply chain disruptions.

[goaded]

Yes, everyone with a brain knew Trump was lying. My main point was that inflation can rise and fall, not "inflation always levels out and is always on the rise", it's just the rate or price increases.

[lightbulb27]

what's next, Mandami going to hand out $10,000 to people:)?

when we have corrupt currency, it's easy to print up $ and pass it out to buy votes.

by one pocket they take, the other they give. It at least helps people pay insurance premiums.

there is no net gain here I suspect. We're all a bunch of bait fish swimming around being predated, while the titanic takes on water.

In other news, the top income earners made so many billions it make your head spin.

[Kaneki05]

Hopefully would be a good thing for you lot. I'm not sure why so many comments are about it should go towards national debt? They do realize... that is never going to be paid off and is a fake number?
Look how much debt Uk is in or several other countries it changes nothing about my life or the many who live here nor does it change anybody life in America.
If that number goes down how would that actually help you?

[NaultD]

The intrest payment is still very real but in a lot of ways it's a double positive getting a loan from investors and super safe for investors to break even on inflation.

"If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."

That is a pretty unique privilege being a global superpower. With the current political situation becoming more isolationist in the state's and China aiming to grow more global dominance, the current economy strategies are tuning negitive then doubling down a loing bet.

We are turning inward while left holding the bag that the global economy was sharing the load.

[exitseven]

There was talk about this a few months ago. It never got any traction. Part of me says use it to help pay down the debt. On the other hand if the Republicans lose in 2028 (OMG) the democrats will just piss money away on illegal aliens and we will be right back where we started so I might as well get the $2000 myself.

[DrPepper12]

OMG all those Soros checks I got, the $5K DOGE check and now this!!! Woo hoo!! Steak and lobster tonight!!!

Who cares about inflation when the money is rolling in like this!!

[loveslongnails]

Bullshit as usual. The tariffs are quietly going away because they didn't work at all. There's no "billions and billions" of tariff dollars being collected. But it's a typical Trump move to give away $2,000 to try and win your love, when the insurance premiums for your health care are going up $5,000 because of him.

[Anonymous]

@loveslongnails

Insurance premiums are going up because of Obama. Obamacare was designed with government subsidies, but only for a limited time; they were never intended to be permanent, only to get Obama past his term as president, which is all he cared about. This has been well-established for over 10 years.

Congress kept continuing extensions of the subsidies, meaning we are worrying about our own insurance and other expenses and paying for other people's Obamacare insurance.

That's untenable, and leads to the printing of money, which leads to inflation, which we saw under Biden, and which everyone is complaining about only now, as if it were Trump's fault.

Trump is reversing all of that, but 15 years of intentional economic damage doesn't get fixed overnight.

[OneViewpoint]

ROFL. Do expect to see that check anytime soon. It’s an empty promise in an attempt to buy votes.

[DryGermanGuy]

And it would come at the cost of 500 billion dollars for the adult population. Ridiculous.

[OneViewpoint]

@DryGermanGuy ,

This is why tRump loves uneducated people. MAGA sucks at even simple math. Let's see, 240 million checks X $2000 = NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

[katiesmuff]

Typical trump stunt! Now that he has made a mess of this and the ignorant MAGA clan is feeling the punch from the tariffs, his grand plan now is to shove a bit of money in everyone's face to appease them.

[DryGermanGuy]

Apart from the insane amount this would cost, the president can't change the budget.

[ohsheeT]

I've many times on the internet each week he's giving out money to everyone but has never done it.. I think it's for the headlines. It seems like every or anything you see or hear about him it all stops after the headlines

[Anonymous]

Seems unlikely. He is always promising things and rarely if ever delivers on them. It won't bring back all the small businesses that went bankrupt because of his (yet another) failed tariff war.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

He’s not writing a check for it, so that’s a no. And I’m willing to bet any benefits from the tariffs he places will NOT go to the people who actually need money

[Anonymous]

I think it's a great idea as the tariffs have generated trillions of dollars. He is going to reduce the deficit with most of the money. When he says he is going to do it you know he means it!

[Mike_Whocheese_Harry]

It's the plan. It'd be better off going to pay off the debt.

[Bricealan]

@mike_whocheese_harry Agree. Would rather pay down the National debt.

[Nikki1989]

Anything to divert attention away from his pedophile activities, but Trump supporters don't give a damn about survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking. They are morally empty.

[BCRanger10]

We'll see if it's for real. Personally, if it is, I'd rather it go towards the national debt. But hey, I've also got a mortgage.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

He says that shit every time his numbers go down it's a troll

[llorando]

Not really, it's mostly all talk. You have a better chance of receiving presents from Santa Clause then you do receiving a $2000 check from Trump.

[genericname85]

even if he did, what good does that do? it creates inflation. cause if you reduce the scrcity of a good by giving some of it to everyone, you reduce to value of that good. same goes if that good is money. economics 101.

[CallmeTheKnight]

Believe it when it happens. Don’t get excited about an announcement. This isn’t the first time it was mentioned, but grain of salt

[Likes2drive]

I doubt it will happen unless it’s just a tax credit for people that make under $100,000 which I doubt I will make this year because of how bad things got this year I will be under that this time

[Shiprex]

Yeah while giving tge same to each millionaire for every million they have.

[Still-alive]

Make no mistake no one will see a cent of this money lol. He lies all the time, don't believe him

[Sal_Monella]

That's what the news says. Since it is government, I'll believe it when the check clears

[RedInnocent69]

Instead of cutting the deficit in half? Yeah, that’s responsible 🙄

[BarryLiverstone]

I disagree

[dudeinohio]

Its been him talking. There is no legislation up for consideration.

[Pterodon]

Well you’ve been paying it for Obamacare and you couldn’t even keep your Dr

[blackeagle007]

Not gonna happen, just talking shit to keep support

[Jerre]

$2000 is just Pennie’s compared to the millions the Biden Admin gave to illegal immigrates

[Jerre]

@Simslover92 Thank you for the Like

[Jennz6]

You know he is a big tease

[Jennz6]

@Simslover92 our country is too broke to be paying citizens $2,000 dollars

[Simslover92]

Indeed it is

[Jennz6]

@Simslover92
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[Anonymous]

I'll believe that bullshit from that orange skinned bozo when i see it

[slatyb]

No, it's just more Trump bullshit.

[chrissykerdock]

i doubt it the debt is his interest

[msc545]

Don't start making plans for it.

[Anonymous]

I will believe it when I see it. DOGE promised the same thing too but then Elon left.

[FunkyMonkee]

He says he wants to.

[darkcloud1945]

Pay down debt first, then spread the wealth

[OddBeMe]

Of course not. Thats ridiculous.

[Titlover01]

Nope just another empty promises

[888theGreat]

Just like he gave us $4000 DOGE checks. No

[Nice222]

Hope so but doubt it.