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    From Joseph Pereira@1:124/5016 to All on Monday, November 17, 2025 06:21:16
    President Trump has indicated that he wants to give every American a $2,000 check from the tariff pool.

    There are a few points to be made about this.

    The first is... check?

    WTF, the US is still living in the Stone Age if you still literally think in terms of checks!

    In Europe, that's a currency from literally the last century.

    The other point is: who pays the import tariffs? The consumers! So, to compensate for having to pay more for foreign goods, you get a tax break of $2,000. I'd call that a self-imposed tax break.

    Then there's the fact: WHO gets those checks? Every American? So children, prisoners, the elderly, and legal aliens too? That's still unclear.

    What's also unclear is when that check will arrive.

    I think it will happen when Easter and Christmas fall on the same day. But that might be a bit too soon. Maybe that's the second time this will happen?

    One final comment on this... Biden gave money to Americans during the coronavirus crisis. It was well-intentioned, but I noticed that many Americans in poor areas of the US were able to live off that money. So they stopped working during the period the money arrived.

    Biden also received a lot of criticism from Republicans for simply giving money to the common people. So, with Biden, it was a sin, but if Trump does it, then it's okay, right?

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Joseph Pereira on Monday, November 17, 2025 14:55:00
    On 17 Nov 2025, Joseph Pereira said the following...


    WTF, the US is still living in the Stone Age if you still literally
    think in terms of checks!


    And you'd be the first to cash one if they sent it to you.

    IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB)
    AKA Joe Schweier
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    ... As a matter of fact, it IS a banana in my pocket!

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