Who may qualify for Trump’s proposed $2K tariff check?
Trade,Tariffs,Trump Agenda,Government Funding,Federal Spending,Treasury,US Treasury
President Donald Trump recently floated giving $2,000 to most Americans from tariff revenue collected by the administration.
Trump made the proposal on social media Sunday and added that those who are against tariffs are “fools.”
The idea isn’t a new concept. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced legislation in July that would give $600 tariff rebates to nearly all Americans and their dependent children to “allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country.”...
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